Bernie Sanders has done a great job of, social media black kids know about him. Young black people progressives know about him.… — Killer Mike Copy Share Image
Black people still call me Prince. Sometimes I ask them, "Why do you call me Prince?" And people say, "Because you are… — Prince Copy Share Image
Black people are often praised as heroes for saving a country that treats us like third-class citizens, yet when it comes to… — Jason Johnson Copy Share Image
I'm always annoyed about why black people have to bear the brunt of everybody else's contempt. If we are not totally understanding… — Toni Morrison Copy Share Image
I'm so, so full of joy that America elected Obama. He didn't win because he was black - people voted for him… — Estelle Fanta Swaray Copy Share Image
While it has become “cool” for white folks to hang out with black people and express pleasure in black culture, most white… — Bell Hooks Copy Share Image
“I was born in the US and l have lived in Mexico since 1946. I believe that all these states of being… — Elizabeth Catlett Copy Share Image
Saying I want to pay women a fair wage is doing something and saying young black people deserve not to be called… — Killer Mike Copy Share Image
And it's not just black people. That's the other thing about this issue, it's conflated with just black and white and it's… — Don Cheadle Copy Share Image
I'm a pop enigma. I live and breathe every element in life. I rock a bespoke suit and I go to Harold's… — Kanye West Copy Share Image
The condition of visibility as it relates to black people was crucial. Connected to that, I've always been interested in science fiction… — Kerry James Marshall Copy Share Image
“If you ever visit Wilmington, Delaware, you will probably hear about Tommy Burke. Or at least see his art work. He makes… — Colin Flaherty Copy Share Image
“Racism is both overt and covert. It takes two, closely related forms: individual whites acting against individual blacks, and acts by the… — Stokely Carmichael Copy Share Image
The greatest miracle Christianity has achieved in America is that the Black man in white Christian hands has not grown violent. It… — Malcolm X Copy Share Image
“Still later, I read Ira Katznelson’s history of discrimination, When Affirmative Action Was White, which argued that similar exclusions applied to other… — Ta-Nehisi Coates Copy Share Image
Arguably the most important parallel between mass incarceration and Jim Crow is that both have served to define the meaning and significance… — Michelle Alexander Copy Share Image
I do not admit... that a great wrong has been done to the Red Indians of America, or the black people of… — Winston Churchill Copy Share Image
Homophobia is easier for black people where black people are concerned. They feel they have the right to correct me on my… — David McAlmont Copy Share Image
As black people we were out to further our equality. I don't pay attention to the controversial connotations put on by media… — Chuck D Copy Share Image
We can see that the complexity we witness inside the African-American community today has always been there. Black people were just as… — Henry Louis Gates Copy Share Image
I realized with Broadway everything written for black people is usually written in the past, and I'm kind of a contemporary guy.… — Chris Rock Copy Share Image
Before BLM, there was a dormancy in our black freedom movement. Obviously many of us were doing work, but we've been able… — Patrisse Cullors Copy Share Image
Portland is often trumpeted as being one of America's coolest, hippest cities. I've been to Portland many times, and I'm always like,… — W. Kamau Bell Copy Share Image
It would be a horrible mistake for black people to say, as some have said, "We don't recognize him..." If you refuse… — Charles E. Blake Copy Share Image
We still have a long way to go but if we work together and we work hard, you'll see black people in… — Leah Chase Copy Share Image
I don't think Kanye West can support his view that George W. Bush just doesn't care about black people. But it's a… — Jacob Weisberg Copy Share Image
Maybe divisions like that are easy for people to accept, because then you don't have to make an effort to understand people… — Burhan Sonmez Copy Share Image
That is my job as an intellectual, as an extension of my vocation: to engage in a serious reckoning with the present… — Michael Eric Dyson Copy Share Image
When you talk about "white privilege", you're talking about something systemic. When you're talking about "black privilege" it's something spiritual because we… — Charlamagne Tha God Copy Share Image
“Young Black males were twenty-one times more likely to be killed by police than their White counterparts between 2010 and 2012, according… — Ibram X. Kendi Copy Share Image
Socially, hip-hop has done more for racial camaraderie in this country than any one thing. 'Cause guys like me, my kids -… — Michael Rapaport Copy Share Image
That's just like America. It's made up of lots of different people. We're all different colors, different ages, we do different jobs… — Jesse Jackson Copy Share Image
The only thing I really feel is necessary is that the black people, not only in Mississippi, will have to actually upset… — Fannie Lou Hamer Copy Share Image
“Black people of all shapes, sizes, and personalities value the moisturizing product known as body lotion. Lotioning alleviates ashiness. To be “ashy”… — Issa Rae Copy Share Image
I am not a conservative but I have spoken out for years against the staggering amount blind hatred directed at black conservatives… — Juan Williams Copy Share Image
Some playwrights are obvious influences on younger writers. Arthur Miller (realistic, politically engaged dramas) and Christopher Durang (satirical dark comedies) are examples.… — Daniel J. Sullivan Copy Share Image
“Watching Paris is Burning, I began to think that the many yuppie-looking, straight -acting, pushy, predominantly white folks in the audience were… — bell hooks Copy Share Image
“I keep thinking about Marcus Garvey and what he says about black people knowing themselves. It's clear that if the so-called Negro… — Vaunda Micheaux Nelson Copy Share Image
“If you find yourself in the unfortunate position of being black-friendless, you can either go to the nearest black church and strike… — Baratunde Thurston Copy Share Image
When the residue of oppression and fear are compounded over time, when the historical precedents of policing and discrimination manifest themselves over… — Clint Smith Copy Share Image
