Martin Luther King really was a safety valve for white people. Any time it appeared that the black community was on the… — Ernie Chambers Copy Share Image
In my opinion, mature political action is the type of action that that involves a program of re-education and information that will… — Malcolm X Copy Share Image
Hair in the black community is such a big thing culturally. The barbershop is a place for black men to socialise, catch… — Ncuti Gatwa Copy Share Image
“One such question revolved around the informal institution of black kids eating together in the cafeteria. I’m going to let you in… — Baratunde Thurston Copy Share Image
“I thought I had it all figured out. I thought of racism as an inanimate, immortal system, not as a living, recognizable,… — Ibram X. Kendi Copy Share Image
“The announced function of the police, “to protect and serve the people,” becomes the grotesque caricature of protecting and preserving the interests… — Joy James Copy Share Image
AIDS is a very, very, very vicious disease, particularly in the black community. — Bill Duke Copy Share Image
We're all complaining about diversity in Hollywood, but we've got to address the colorism within the black community of Hollywood first. — Janet Hubert Copy Share Image
There are many positive things to say about the black community. No question about it. — William Julius Wilson Copy Share Image
White-on-black shootings evoke America's history of racism and so carry an iconic payload of menace. Black-on-black shootings carry no such payload, although… — Shelby Steele Copy Share Image
How did we suddenly become entranced with gangster culture? I saw it this morning on campus. When did the black community say… — Tim Reid Copy Share Image
It has always been an irony to me that the 'religious right' has come under so much attack for being involved in… — Kay Coles James Copy Share Image
I find it really unique that the black community, who has been oppressed and is still oppressed, can find a way to… — Trevante Rhodes Copy Share Image
Unfortunately, as I tell my white friends, we as black people, we're never going to be successful not because of you white… — Charles Barkley Copy Share Image
I'm blacker than Barack Obama. I shined shoes. I grew up in a five-room apartment. My father had a little laundromat in… — Rod Blagojevich Copy Share Image
“What would the black community be if we taught our children love, family values, self-respect, nonviolence, how to manage money, how to… — Lashaunda K. Jackson-Williams Copy Share Image
On the one hand, to suggest that white poll watchers are going to black communities threatening and provocative. On the other hand… — Jesse Jackson Copy Share Image
In America, interracial dating or marriage is not something that is as accepted. Certain people feel strongly against it, in both communities.… — Jodie Turner-Smith Copy Share Image
In the days of segregation, when blacks were limited to certain neighborhoods, you could look around the black community and identify who… — Roger Wilkins Copy Share Image
HBCUs have been a bedrock of the Black community since their founding, evolving into institutions of prodigious scholarship and activism, and educating… — Jaime Harrison Copy Share Image
Scientology is not written with disrespect toward God. It doesn't worship something that is evil. It is scientific, mathematical, and spiritual. The… — Doug E. Fresh Copy Share Image
If we could buy these properties and then invest in the Black community, with our own McDonald's, with our own Kentucky Fried… — Solomon Burke Copy Share Image
Not all of us are as effective as we could be, should be, or need to be, but some of the [most… — Michael C Dawson Copy Share Image
Homosexuality in hip-hop is an extension of homosexuality in the black community. The black community is very, very conservative when it comes… — Talib Kweli Copy Share Image
The CBC is oftentimes referred to as the conscience of Congress. We are usually the ones looking out for what is ethical… — Jasmine Crockett Copy Share Image
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… — Hillary Clinton Copy Share Image
A lot of people heard about gin and juice for the first time from Snoop Dogg, but it was nothing new in… — Boots Riley Copy Share Image
“In the 60s, political correctness became not a guideline for living, but a new set of shackles. A small and vocal part… — Audre Lorde Copy Share Image
The Nova Scotian black community always remembered Viola Desmond - they didn't lose track of her, ever. Her memory was very much… — Constance Backhouse Copy Share Image
It is my view that if society was doing the right thing with respect to you, [and there were] programs targeted at… — Barack Obama Copy Share Image
I think it's important for us to recognize that although historically black communities have been very progressive with respect to issues of… — Angela Davis Copy Share Image
Historically it has been a touchy subject, especially in the south where I am from, people don't really talk about it. If… — Andre Holland Copy Share Image
Many White people are not sensitive to the kind of abuse that African Americans, especially younger African Americans, receive at the hands… — Bernie Sanders Copy Share Image
We were coming out of the black community with this thing called rap music, which was basically black men yelling at the… — Chuck D Copy Share Image
This will play right into Obama's hands. He's humanitarian, compassionate. They'll use this to burnish their, shall we say, 'credibility' with the… — Rush Limbaugh Copy Share Image
'Roots' was a massive responsibility because it is this foundational text in the States and it also resonates fairly strongly with pretty… — Rege-Jean Page Copy Share Image
The Republican Party just isn't held in high repute in the black community. Under Bill Brock we were reaching out to broaden… — Charles H. Percy Copy Share Image
The black community can be competitive and cautious when it comes to those we want put on display for the world to… — Karamo Brown Copy Share Image
Earlier in my college career, there was no doubt in my mind that as a member of the Black community I was… — Michelle Obama Copy Share Image
It goes back in the black community that the police are not your friends. That's an old, old, deep understanding that we… — Courtney B. Vance Copy Share Image
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