I know black people love the idea that we finally have a beautiful, good-looking black president. But if he is doing awful… — Alice Walker Copy Share Image
Black people need to share collective dollars and demand equal representation, and the way you do that is by controlling their own… — Killer Mike Copy Share Image
Many black people I know are proud of the Irish part of their heritage - an Irish grandparent, say - but they… — Tom Paulin Copy Share Image
“The confines of enslavement were producing Black people who were intellectually, psychologically, culturally, and behaviorally different, not inferior. Benjamin” — Ibram X. Kendi Copy Share Image
It's always the case that the minority has to navigate two different worlds. Women have to know how to live in a… — Sterling K. Brown Copy Share Image
The black people in this country are taught that their religion and the best religion is the religion of Islam, and when… — Malcolm X Copy Share Image
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White America's live under this accusation that they're racist, they need to prove that they're not racist. In order to prove that… — Shelby Steele Copy Share Image
IQ tests are routinely used as weapons against Black people in particular and minority groups and poor people generally. The tests are… — Huey Newton Copy Share Image
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I wish the 50 states would break up. Lose the centralised government. More choice. How do you want to live, there's 50… — Doug Stanhope Copy Share Image
I think the invitation offered the non-black reader is to join us in this expression of our familiarity and via that joining,… — Bell Hooks Copy Share Image
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Photography, sculpture, and painting were wielded as cultural weapons over the course of generations to substantiate the idea that black people were… — Clint Smith Copy Share Image
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Black people dance well because we start early - there's music being played everywhere. White people? They don't start dancing until they… — Tracy Morgan Copy Share Image
In my experience I haven't met too many uptight black people. I'm sure they're out there. Like I'm some big authority and… — Paul Reubens Copy Share Image
What I want to know is how the white man, with the blood of black people dripping off his fingers, can have… — Malcolm X Copy Share Image
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I say violence is necessary. Violence is a part of America's culture. It is as American as cherry pie. Americans taught the… — H. Rap Brown Copy Share Image
Because The Honorable Elijah Muhammad makes black people brave enough, men enough to defend ourselves no matter what the odds are, the… — Malcolm X Copy Share Image
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Like a lot of black people, I grew up straight po'. Wasn't no question about whether we was po', either. If you… — Bernie Mac Copy Share Image
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I am for Obama, all the way. I dont support Obama just because he is a black man; I support him because… — Tony Yayo Copy Share Image
Reparative justice is not about black people standing on the street corners expecting charities from white folks. This is about building of… — Hilary Beckles Copy Share Image
At this time I'd like to say a few words especially to my sisters: SISTERS. BLACK PEOPLE WILL NEVER BE FREE UNLESS… — Assata Shakur Copy Share Image
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Anti-Catholicism is the last respectable prejudice. You can't hate black people anymore, of course, and you can't hate homosexuals anymore, but you… — Tom Clancy Copy Share Image
...the evil system of colonialism and imperialism arose and throve with the enslavement of Negroes and the trade in Negroes, and it… — Mao Zedong Copy Share Image
Some black people who have not heard me interviewed or read my book jump to conclusions and prejudge me... I've been called… — Daryl Davis Copy Share Image
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