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title: "23 Black Communities Quotes by 18 authors"
description: "Browse 23 Black Communities quotes by 18 authors. Discover the best Black Communities sayings and thoughts."
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> [Anti-black racism operates at a society-wide level and colludes in a seamless web of policies, practices, and beliefs to oppress and disempower…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/opal-tometi/anti-black-racism-operates-at-a-society-wide-level-and-colludes-in-a/)

[Opal Tometi](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/opal-tometi/)

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> [We created #BlackLivesMatter. We created a platform. We used our social media presence online in order to forward a conversation about what…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/opal-tometi/we-created-blacklivesmatter-we-created-a-platform-we-used-our-social/)

[Opal Tometi](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/opal-tometi/)

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> [ I've heard Donald \[Trump\]s ay this at his rallies, and it's really unfortunate that he paints such a dire negative picture of… ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/hillary-clinton/i-ve-heard-donald-trump-s-ay-this-at-his-rallies-and-it-s-really/)

[Hillary Clinton](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/hillary-clinton/)

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> [My administration will tackle these issues in consultation with the black communities of London.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ken-livingstone/my-administration-will-tackle-these-issues-in-consultation-with-the/)

[Ken Livingstone](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ken-livingstone/)

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> [I think in black communities today we need to encourage a lot more cross racial organizing.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/angela-davis/i-think-in-black-communities-today-we-need-to-encourage-a-lot-more/)

[Angela Davis](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/angela-davis/)

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> [“Resisting the stereotypes and affirming other definitions of themselves is part of the task facing young Black women in both White and…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/beverly-daniel-tatum/resisting-the-stereotypes-and-affirming-other-definitions-of/)

[Beverly Daniel Tatum](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/beverly-daniel-tatum/)

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> [Racism has its boot squarely wedged on the neck of black communities, and we don't want to be told that hard work…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/patrisse-cullors/racism-has-its-boot-squarely-wedged-on-the-neck-of-black-communities/)

[Patrisse Cullors](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/patrisse-cullors/)

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> [Nationwide, 1 in 3 black men can expect to serve time behind bars, but the rates are far higher in segregated and…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/michelle-alexander/nationwide-1-in-3-black-men-can-expect-to-serve-time-behind-bars-but/)

[Michelle Alexander](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/michelle-alexander/)

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> [With support from techies, designers, artists and thousands of activists across the country, Black Lives Matter is now an online-to-offline political movement,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/patrisse-cullors/with-support-from-techies-designers-artists-and-thousands-of/)

[Patrisse Cullors](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/patrisse-cullors/)

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> [When someone is in 'the struggle,' which many of our black communities are in, they are living with a lack of educational…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/kenny-smith/when-someone-is-in-the-struggle-which-many-of-our-black-communities/)

[Kenny Smith](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/kenny-smith/)

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> [Not all of us are as effective as we could be, should be, or need to be, but some of the \[most…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/michael-c-dawson/not-all-of-us-are-as-effective-as-we-could-be-should-be-or-need-to-be/)

[Michael C Dawson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/michael-c-dawson/)

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> [Especially in black communities, we've been so groomed to stay where we are and not like people in the other neighborhoods. It's…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ed-reed/especially-in-black-communities-we-ve-been-so-groomed-to-stay-where/)

[Ed Reed](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ed-reed/)

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> [One thing I can say as far as people from black communities dealing with trauma or PTSD is putting some trauma centers…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/polo-g/one-thing-i-can-say-as-far-as-people-from-black-communities-dealing/)

[Polo G](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/polo-g/)

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> [I think we have to really focus on the issues much more than we may have in the past. I think we…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/angela-davis/i-think-we-have-to-really-focus-on-the-issues-much-more-than-we-may/)

[Angela Davis](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/angela-davis/)

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> [A people who have suffered so much for so long at hands of a racist society must draw the line somewhere… the…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/bobby-seale/a-people-who-have-suffered-so-much-for-so-long-at-hands-of-a-racist/)

[Bobby Seale](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/bobby-seale/)

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> [Every community has crime and violence; it's a part of being human. This idea that black communities are more violent than others…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/patrisse-cullors/every-community-has-crime-and-violence-it-s-a-part-of-being-human/)

[Patrisse Cullors](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/patrisse-cullors/)

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> [“A shift in class values occurs in black life when integration comes and with it the idea that money is the primary…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/bell-hooks/a-shift-in-class-values-occurs-in-black-life-when-integration-comes/)

[bell hooks](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/bell-hooks/)

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> [“But class divisions influence criminal justice debates in black communities in less obvious ways as well: they explain, for example, why black…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/james-forman-jr-2/but-class-divisions-influence-criminal-justice-debates-in-black/)

[James Forman Jr](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/james-forman-jr-2/)

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> [I suppose our lives need to be more integrated. We have white communities and black communities and white country clubs and black…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/diahann-carroll/i-suppose-our-lives-need-to-be-more-integrated-we-have-white/)

[Diahann Carroll](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/diahann-carroll/)

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> [Black artists deserve the opportunity to create work without the burden of alleviating the social ills plaguing many black communities.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/clint-smith/black-artists-deserve-the-opportunity-to-create-work-without-the/)

[Clint Smith](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/clint-smith/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/a88/clint-smith-4108_art_black-artists-deserve-the-opportunity-to_2149588.jpg)

> [Within church communities, within black communities, and within black church communities, gossip is thy friend. Gossip will be thy friend!](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ncuti-gatwa/within-church-communities-within-black-communities-and-within-black/)

[Ncuti Gatwa](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ncuti-gatwa/)

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> [Black Lives Matter has become what black communities all over the world have needed it to become. At times, it is a…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/patrisse-cullors/black-lives-matter-has-become-what-black-communities-all-over-the/)

[Patrisse Cullors](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/patrisse-cullors/)

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> [Mass incarceration is a policy that's kind of built up over the last four decades and it's destroyed families and communities, and…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/john-legend/mass-incarceration-is-a-policy-that-s-kind-of-built-up-over-the-last/)

[John Legend](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/john-legend/)

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                        "text": "“But class divisions influence criminal justice debates in black communities in less obvious ways as well: they explain, for example, why black elected officials have been much more likely to speak out against racial profiling (which harms African Americans of all classes) than against unconscionable prison conditions (which have little direct impact on middle-class or elite blacks).23”",
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