“Often black people, especially non-gay folk, become enraged when they hear a white person who is gay suggest homosexuality is synonymous with… — bell hooks Copy Share Image
“It didn't matter much what Dwayne said. It hadn't mattered much for years. It didn't matter much what most people in Midland… — Kurt Vonnegut Copy Share Image
We've begun to put fear into those whites who think they can do anything they want to a black person and get… — Charles Evers Copy Share Image
Blacks don't square dance. If you see a black person square dancing, it is definitely the seventh sign. — Tommy Davidson Copy Share Image
Utah could elect its first black Republican woman to Congress. In other words, Utah finally got one black person and the first… — Conan O'Brien Copy Share Image
I had explained that a woman's asking for equality in the church would be comparable to a black person's demanding equality in… — Mary Daly Copy Share Image
Any successful black person will have to face suspicion within his or her own community about his or her loyalty to other… — Randall Kennedy Copy Share Image
“Yet Betty would learn among the black Muslims that any black person clever or lucky enough to reach adulthood must choose between… — Russell Rickford Copy Share Image
One thing that really bothers me is when a young black person speaks or leads a conversation, and afterward a white person… — Maverick Carter Copy Share Image
NHPrimary Trivia: The Republican candidates have not spoken to a black person since Herman Cain dropped out. — Andy Borowitz Copy Share Image
There is something transformative if you're a black person cheering in a theater and turn to see a white person cheering for… — Jordan Peele Copy Share Image
Any Black person who thinks there is a loophole to avoid paying the respectability tax is delusional. Recognizing that doesn't make you… — Jonathan Capehart Copy Share Image
When I was growing up, many of my relatives had never seen a black person before. Today, hundreds, maybe thousands of Africans… — Elif Batuman Copy Share Image
A black person grows up in this country - and in many places - knowing that racism will be as familiar as… — Maya Angelou Copy Share Image
I really think the range of emotions and perceptions I have had access to as a black person and as a female… — Toni Morrison Copy Share Image
They always try to make it like jocks discriminate against gay people. I've been a big proponent of gay marriage for a… — Charles Barkley Copy Share Image
I'm with the blacks, because we’re white trash. We’re going across the field … They’re singing and happy. I never heard one… — Phil Robertson Copy Share Image
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People don't really want to hear me say this, but a black person who will give a million dollars to the Museum… — Kerry James Marshall Copy Share Image
I don't carry myself as a black person but as a woman that belongs to everybody. After all, it's the general public… — Eartha Kitt Copy Share Image
Any black person who clings to the misguided notion that white people represent the embodiment of all that is evil and black… — Bell Hooks Copy Share Image
Black Privilege and the White experience means as a black person you will experience life as normal, fine, yes you'll have some… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
We are blessed to grow up in a country that is the world's leader. We are blessed to be some of the… — Louis Farrakhan Copy Share Image
There is still an assumption among many people that to be black is to be lower class. In the last fifteen to… — Ayana Mathis Copy Share Image
I would hate to say as a non-African-American person that it would be wrong for a black person to direct white people… — Mick Jagger Copy Share Image
Yes, I went through overt racism as a footballer in the 80s and early 90s but that was, or is, nothing compared… — John Barnes Copy Share Image
I am a black person. I come out of an experience of exile and migration. I have always felt myself to be… — Kwame Dawes Copy Share Image
As a black person on the outside, because there's so much black art and so much of black people's work circulating, so… — Kelela Copy Share Image
I come from a proud, Black family, and generations of proud, Black women. So I've always grown up with that special armor,… — Jade Cargill Copy Share Image
Sadly, I've learnt that prejudice still exists in parts of the entertainment industry - I did an interview with a magazine once,… — Alesha Dixon Copy Share Image
As a black person, I have two parties to choose from: liberal and conservative. If I choose to be a liberal -… — JPEGMAFIA Copy Share Image
When I went to live in South Africa, I immediately began to understand what went wrong. Because here was a place supposed… — Binyavanga Wainaina Copy Share Image
But, on the other hand, I get bored with racism too and recognize that there are still many things to be said… — Audre Lorde Copy Share Image
We have but one flag, one country; let us stand together. We may differ in color, but not in sentiment. Many things… — Nathan Bedford Forrest Copy Share Image
There's an interesting thing that happens in entertainment when it comes to law enforcement. They love to put a black person as… — Jerrika Hinton Copy Share Image
I'd say it's far more challenging to be female and be a showrunner. People are not surprised to see a black person… — Courtney A. Kemp Copy Share Image
As a black person I am no stranger to prejudice. But the truth is that in the political world I have been… — Shirley Chisholm Copy Share Image
I was born in Jackson, Mississippi, in 1969, in a time and place where no one was saying, Look how far weve… — Kathryn Stockett Copy Share Image
Fashion week is not an episode of 'Girls' or 'Friends,' where I'm OK that there is not a black person in sight… — Amanda Seales Copy Share Image
When a black person is acting up or showing off, somebody might say she's 'wilin' out.' In sports, an athlete who really… — Wesley Morris Copy Share Image
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