--- title: "5 Black Means Quotes by 5 authors" description: "Browse 5 Black Means quotes by 5 authors. Discover the best Black Means sayings and thoughts." image: "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/fdb/beauden-barrett-21108_being_to-me-being-an-all-black-means-following_477408.jpg" --- > [To me, being an All Black means following our dreams.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/beauden-barrett/to-me-being-an-all-black-means-following-our-dreams/) [Beauden Barrett](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/beauden-barrett/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/fdb/beauden-barrett-21108_being_to-me-being-an-all-black-means-following_477408.jpg) > [There haven't been enough profound things written about what being black means and what a black character is. Nobody knows.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/james-earl-jones/there-haven-t-been-enough-profound-things-written-about-what-being/) [James Earl Jones](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/james-earl-jones/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/0ae/james-earl-jones-8519_about_there-haven-t-been-enough-profound-thing_1228402.jpg) > [We tend to misunderstand the colour black, seeing it as evil, or negation of life. Rather, black means all things being possible,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/rachel-pollack/we-tend-to-misunderstand-the-colour-black-seeing-it-as-evil-or/) [Rachel Pollack](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/rachel-pollack/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/8b5/rachel-pollack-52430_all-things_we-tend-to-misunderstand-the-colour-blac_1817415.jpg) > [“Okay, here’s the first speech. You guys know what ‘black’ means, right? It means a program or project that is not acknowledged…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/tom-clancy/okay-here-s-the-first-speech-you-guys-know-what-black-means-right-it/) [Tom Clancy](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/tom-clancy/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/4dc/tom-clancy-1751_black_okay-here-s-the-first-speech-you-guys-kn_2515013.jpg) > [“You know what Black means? BLACK means Brave, BLACK means Leaderly, BLACK means Adventurous, BLACK means Considerate, BLACK means Kind.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/abhijit-naskar/you-know-what-black-means-black-means-brave-black-means-leaderly/) [Abhijit Naskar](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/abhijit-naskar/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/d0e/abhijit-naskar-99_anti-racism_you-know-what-black-means-black-means-br_2664989.jpg) ```json { "@context": "https://schema.org", "@graph": [ { "@type": "ItemList", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/black-means/#itemlist", "name": "Black Means Quotes", "numberOfItems": 5, "itemListElement": [ { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 1, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "To me, being an All Black means following our dreams.", "creator": { "@type": "Person", "name": "Beauden Barrett" }, "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/beauden-barrett/to-me-being-an-all-black-means-following-our-dreams/", "image": { "@type": "ImageObject", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/fdb/beauden-barrett-21108_being_to-me-being-an-all-black-means-following_477408.jpg", "contentUrl": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/fdb/beauden-barrett-21108_being_to-me-being-an-all-black-means-following_477408.jpg", "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/fdb/beauden-barrett-21108_being_to-me-being-an-all-black-means-following_477408.jpg", "width": 1080, "height": 1080, "caption": "“To me, being an All Black means following our dreams.” — Beauden Barrett", "creditText": "SMS4Smile Quotes", "creator": { "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#organization" } } } }, { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 2, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "There haven't been enough profound things written about what being black means and what a black character is. 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