Systemically, there hasn't been an oppression more overt and long-lasting than economic oppression against black people and minorities in this country. — Kerby Jean-Raymond Copy Share Image
The way black people feel, especially, is if you're going to tell a black story, let it come from a real place. — Algee Smith Copy Share Image
I'm not gonna force something or fake something to try to get more black people at my shows. I'm not gonna do… — Rhiannon Giddens Copy Share Image
It's time for us as Black people to realize that we can do more than one thing. — Mase Copy Share Image
To change history is very slow. The first two times I came to the States - black people didn't have the right… — Agnes Varda Copy Share Image
It will take very sophisticated marketing to achieve our aim of bringing more black people into the theater. — Alvin Ailey Copy Share Image
I became aware of how the world is and how the white establishment plays black people against each other. — Claudette Colvin Copy Share Image
“Why does everyone have to be so cool all the time? And also why do white people always have to act like… — Sarah Miller Copy Share Image
The truth is there are people who are quite informed who still vote against their interests. I would argue that, as a… — Marc Lamont Hill Copy Share Image
We'll put an asterisk next to Barry Bonds' name, sure, as soon as we put one next to Babe Ruth's name. Getting… — Daniel Tosh Copy Share Image
If I'm a racist, why is one of the top civil rights activists of the 1960s asking me to be a centerpiece… — Andrew Breitbart Copy Share Image
“From the 1930s through the 1960s, black people across the country were largely cut out of the legitimate home-mortgage market through means… — Ta-Nehisi Coates Copy Share Image
I had a roommate who refused to believe that there were black people from Australia and that I just had this accent.… — Patty Mills Copy Share Image
There were class differences among black people then and there are class differences among black people now. There is still an assumption… — Ayana Mathis Copy Share Image
I was very much a part of the civil rights era, so, of course, my fantasy was to marry some outstanding black… — Roxie Roker Copy Share Image
We cannot afford to lose talented young black people, who make it to university, overseas, or worse, to let other talented black… — David Lammy Copy Share Image
Merely because I was black, it seemed, I was supposed to listen to Hugh Maskela instead of Carole King, just as I… — Clarence Thomas Copy Share Image
We are fighting so that insults may no longer rule our countries, martyred and scorned for centuries, so that our peoples may… — Amilcar Cabral Copy Share Image
As far Chicago, our city was designed with racism in mind, with neighborhoods segregated by expressways and train tracks. Even suburbs, like… — Christian Picciolini Copy Share Image
That's just how white folks will do you. It wasn't merely the cruelty involved; I was learning that black people could be… — Barack Obama Copy Share Image
What frustrates me is to see African-Americans behave as though what European-Americans say is worthwhile. It simply isn't. It's just some silly… — Jamaica Kincaid Copy Share Image
“There is a notion out there that black people enjoy the Sisyphean struggle against racism. In fact, most of us live for… — Ta-Nehisi Coates Copy Share Image
When you go to a church and you see the pastor of that church with a philosophy and a program that's designed… — Malcolm X Copy Share Image
In the final analysis, national struggle is a matter of class struggle. Among the whites in the United States, it is only… — Mao Zedong Copy Share Image
There is no one American beauty or just one beautiful color in the pantheon, especially in regards to black people - there… — LaTanya Richardson Copy Share Image
I don't want the Obama era to be more about symbolism than substance when it comes to black people. I love him,… — Tavis Smiley Copy Share Image
The history of Oregon is partially the history of a state that legislated not wanting black people around. — W. Kamau Bell Copy Share Image
We need to dismantle the systems that were built on racism, that were built on the backs of black people. — Zozibini Tunzi Copy Share Image
“In society’s daylight, black people are invisible. Black people are also invisible at night. Hooray for flashlights!” — Jarod Kintz Copy Share Image
I was guided by Allah (God) to give a yardstick to the voting public, particularly Black people as to what will set… — Louis Farrakhan Copy Share Image
"Not being virulently and overtly racist against black people" and "treating gay people like human beings" are necessary conditions of greatness. — Mallory Ortberg Copy Share Image
I've heard that Black people and Black faces don't sell magazines, but one day you're going to beg me to be on… — Michael Jackson Copy Share Image
It's not that George Bush doesn't care about black people, god made hurricanes, not people who can't swim. — Zach Braff Copy Share Image
In real life there are indeed black people who have been in the middle class for generations, but in entertainment it's as… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
It is important for us to remember that black people have been patriotic and have fought for that American dream in every… — Adele Logan Alexander Copy Share Image
I think white people like to tell Asian people how they should feel about race because they're too scared to tell black… — Margaret Cho Copy Share Image
The U. S. is becoming more hostile to Black people and other people of color. Racism is running rampant and xenophobia is… — Assata Shakur Copy Share Image
Oh sure, I have a few black people in my family tree. They're probably still hanging there. — Zach Braff Copy Share Image
“Everyone knew the way to dance was like black people did and they all danced that way.” — Eve Babitz Copy Share Image
Too far often, Black people are reminded of how far we have come as opposed to how far we can go. In… — Leigh-Anne Pinnock Copy Share Image
