Look, the Black community is diverse. We have generational divides. We have class divides. We have parts of the Black community that… — Maya Wiley Copy Share Image
I do think the issue with trans lives - especially in the Black community - doesn't necessarily lie within racism, but it… — Bob the Drag Queen Copy Share Image
Black Consciousness seeks to infuse the black community with a new-found pride in themselves, their efforts, their value systems, their culture, their… — Steven Biko Copy Share Image
Madame Walker was one of the four iconic women who really created what's now the modern hair-care and cosmetics industry, and we… — A'Lelia Bundles Copy Share Image
I think we have to really focus on the issues much more than we may have in the past. I think we… — Angela Davis Copy Share Image
I was in the music industry as Amanda Diva for 10 years but I realized that I had bigger work to do… — Amanda Seales Copy Share Image
One of the things I loved about Harvard was finding a sizable Black community that really made me feel like I had… — Ketanji Brown Jackson Copy Share Image
In the aftermath of Hurricane Katrina, we did create Color of Change, an organization which focused on African-Americans in particular, because we… — Van Jones Copy Share Image
That is the thing that brought the Black community through so many of the hardships that we've faced historically. It's the ability… — KiKi Layne Copy Share Image
I talked to a lot of Black Lives activists in various states. What I learned is that the relationship of police departments… — Bernie Sanders Copy Share Image
Republicans have to tell the truth about the issues impacting the black community. The must focus on restoring the black family, jobs,… — Jesse Lee Peterson Copy Share Image
It's unfortunate that myself, as a black man, cannot care about the issues that impact the black community without being seeing as… — Lecrae Copy Share Image
“McWhorter claims that low black educational achievements are not the result of racism but of an attitude within the black community that… — Rev. Jesse Lee Peterson Copy Share Image
Governmental intervention and personal responsibility are not mutually exclusive issues, but they do frame a 'do it ourselves' vs. 'what are you… — John Ridley Copy Share Image
I think that the response to the OJ Simpson trial was based on a kind of sensibility that emerged out of the… — Angela Davis Copy Share Image
I'm this generic, ambiguous scapegoat for white people to call me a race traitor and take out their hostility on. And I'm… — Rachel Dolezal Copy Share Image
I think one of my first jokes - in the black community, there's people who have jokes about skin tone. People like,… — Hannibal Buress Copy Share Image
If the churches don't move, much of the community won't move. We've got a situation in which a black church is still… — Cornel West Copy Share Image
You'd be amazed how many Black men from the 'hood to Harvard have heard 'Black men are trash' their whole lives, from… — Jason Johnson Copy Share Image
Michael Jordan brings millions of dollars when he shows up in an arena. Since money is how we judge people, he's very… — Jim Brown Copy Share Image
There's some homophobia within black community, but there's some strong homophobia throughout the whole of American society as well, particularly throughout the… — Otis Moss III Copy Share Image
The 21st century for the black community is about building human capital. That is the undone business. That is the unmet need.… — Amy Wax Copy Share Image
There's an old saying in the black community that everybody else is protected and served but we are policed, we don't want… — Benjamin Crump Copy Share Image
The most successful educational approach to the Negro is throgh a religious appeal. We do not want word to go out that… — Margaret Sanger Copy Share Image
Ride It' did it for me. Not only did the Asian community love it, but the black community and the white community… — Jay Sean Copy Share Image
Cyborg represents not just people who are differently abled: he is also a representation of the black community and people of colour… — Ray Fisher Copy Share Image
So I was really excited when I came to America about meeting black people. But it was a huge culture shock, because… — Jodie Turner-Smith Copy Share Image
Blackness is a state of mind and I identify with the black community. Mainly, because I realized, early on, when I walk… — Halle Berry Copy Share Image
By addressing generations of trauma in the Black community, Concordance helps people released from prison achieve significant change and lasting success for… — David Steward Copy Share Image
Cops should not be separate from the black community or any community. Their salaries are paid for by the communities they police.… — W. Kamau Bell Copy Share Image
The breakdown of the black community, in order to maintain slavery, began with the breakdown of the black family. Men and women… — Kerry Washington Copy Share Image
I grew up in a largely black community during the '70s and '80s that scoffed at 'white' music. That music - folk,… — Hilton Als Copy Share Image
African-Americans are not a monolithic group. So, we tend to talk about the black community, the black culture, the African-American television viewing… — Malcolm-Jamal Warner Copy Share Image
The black community now in many ways divided itself the way the larger white community divides itself, over class issues. And that… — Ed Smith Copy Share Image
I think in order to achieve real change, we as the black community need to come up with real asks and we… — Maverick Carter Copy Share Image
Though the rampant racial injustices throughout the criminal justice system were offensive to me and to millions of other people, I've never… — Van Jones Copy Share Image
When you say that you are a race man, it means that you embrace the entire black community regardless of the hue,… — Ed Smith Copy Share Image
We are presented with a unique situation in the black community in that we have embraced the beauty of hip hop, the… — Tamron Hall Copy Share Image
I lived in a low-income Black community, grew up with kids on welfare and with Black folks driving Cadillacs, going to private… — Maya Wiley Copy Share Image
Something that people talk about a lot in the Black community is how Black women hold it up, basically, and Black women… — Nia DaCosta Copy Share Image
