It's always baffled me why BET looks the way it does. This is Black Entertainment Television. Why are we up there, then,… — KRS-One Copy Share Image
People always say 'You do racial comedy.' And I don't, exactly. I do cultural comedy. Because race and culture are two different… — Russell Peters Copy Share Image
Rhythm and blues started even before phonograph records were being produced because black people entertained themselves. It wasn't done for money. It… — Jesse Stone Copy Share Image
“Like I said, at Williamson I'm cool by default because I'm black. I can go out there and do a silly dance… — Angie Thomas Copy Share Image
Presidential elections and the voter experience have long been fraught for black people. From racist poll taxes to made-up literacy tests to… — Patrisse Cullors Copy Share Image
I think black people have to be in control of their own image because film is a powerful medium. We can't just… — Spike Lee Copy Share Image
“Black people live their whole lives in a fantasy world, it's just not their fantasy.” — Michael Chabon Copy Share Image
When I die, the consciousness I carry I will to black people./May they pick me apart and take the useful parts, the… — Amiri Baraka Copy Share Image
I think sometimes what people miss about black people is that we're complicated, that we are indeed messy, that we do our… — Viola Davis Copy Share Image
Niggerization is the result of oppression -- and it doesn't just apply to the black people. Old people, poor people, and students… — Florynce Kennedy Copy Share Image
I love the fact that we, as black people, carry our faith with us. We share it and embrace it and love… — Boris Kodjoe Copy Share Image
They have what you call a black night where they have black people come in for just one night only to watch… — Mike Epps Copy Share Image
It bothers me a lot that you want to broadcast that you're associating with black people. Do you have to? — Donald Sterling Copy Share Image
Actually we've had a black bourgeoisie or the makings of a black bourgeoisie for many more decades.In a sense the quest for… — Angela Davis Copy Share Image
“America is a young dumb country and it needs all kinds of help. America is a dumb puppy with big teeth that… — Abiodun Oyewole Copy Share Image
People from Europe and people from Africa encountered one another long before the invention of "Europe" and "Africa" and "white people" and… — Darryl Pinckney Copy Share Image
In those days, man, in the '50s, black people in the South... We didn't recognize contracts that much. And we didn't recognize… — Ike Turner Copy Share Image
The climate in the '50s and '60s for black performers or black people in the entertainment business was atrocious. It was atrocious. — Quincy Jones Copy Share Image
“most probably consumed the racist ideas, distancing themselves from Black people.” — Ibram X. Kendi Copy Share Image
When my family first moved to Hempstead in the 1960s, they were one of the first black families. It used to be… — Prodigy 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
This is our culture, and I don't care who the musician is, if he avoids black people, then he is scared of… — Betty Carter Copy Share Image
The Democrats pretended to care about black people for about five minutes to help their electoral process, and then civil rights suddenly… — Ann Coulter Copy Share Image
If black people use their resources properly, they can become as competitive as any group in society - take control of our… — James Meredith Copy Share Image
There are more than 100 million African women who go topless at some point in the day, each and every day, to… — Kola Boof Copy Share Image
