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title: "244 Black person Quotes by 196 authors"
description: "Browse 244 Black person quotes by 196 authors. Discover the best Black person sayings and thoughts."
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> [Well who's black and what is a black person?](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/pam-grier/well-who-s-black-and-what-is-a-black-person/)

[Pam Grier](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/pam-grier/)

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> [No black person married to a white person can speak for me!](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/malcolm-x/no-black-person-married-to-a-white-person-can-speak-for-me/)

[Malcolm X](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/malcolm-x/)

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> [A black Christian is like a black person with no memory.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/chris-rock/a-black-christian-is-like-a-black-person-with-no-memory/)

[Chris Rock](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/chris-rock/)

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> [No black person starts on MY team](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/tom-brady/no-black-person-starts-on-my-team/)

[Tom Brady](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/tom-brady/)

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> [Being a black person in America is exhausting.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/lena-waithe/being-a-black-person-in-america-is-exhausting/)

[Lena Waithe](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/lena-waithe/)

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> [I'm not an urban black person. I'm a country black person.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/rhiannon-giddens/i-m-not-an-urban-black-person-i-m-a-country-black-person/)

[Rhiannon Giddens](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/rhiannon-giddens/)

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> [Janis Joplin sings the blues as hard as any black person.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/b-b-king/janis-joplin-sings-the-blues-as-hard-as-any-black-person/)

[B. B. King](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/b-b-king/)

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> [I never, with my eyes, saw the mistreatment of any black person,](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/phil-robertson/i-never-with-my-eyes-saw-the-mistreatment-of-any-black-person/)

[Phil Robertson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/phil-robertson/)

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> [NHPrimary Trivia: The Republican candidates have not spoken to a black person since Herman Cain dropped out.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/andy-borowitz/nhprimary-trivia-the-republican-candidates-have-not-spoken-to-a-black/)

[Andy Borowitz](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/andy-borowitz/)

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> [Growing up I thought I might be the only black person in the world.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ncuti-gatwa/growing-up-i-thought-i-might-be-the-only-black-person-in-the-world/)

[Ncuti Gatwa](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ncuti-gatwa/)

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> [I don't think any of us that are white can ever fully understand what it's like to be a black person in…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/paula-white/i-don-t-think-any-of-us-that-are-white-can-ever-fully-understand-what/)

[Paula White](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/paula-white/)

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> [I was no stranger to racism. Having grown up a black person in the '60s and '70s, I knew that prejudice was…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/daryl-davis/i-was-no-stranger-to-racism-having-grown-up-a-black-person-in-the-60s/)

[Daryl Davis](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/daryl-davis/)

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> [Trying to find my flaws is like trying to find a black person at one of our concerts](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/thom-yorke/trying-to-find-my-flaws-is-like-trying-to-find-a-black-person-at-one/)

[Thom Yorke](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/thom-yorke/)

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> [This is one of the best countries in the world to be a black person.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/kemi-badenoch/this-is-one-of-the-best-countries-in-the-world-to-be-a-black-person/)

[Kemi Badenoch](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/kemi-badenoch/)

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> [Any successful black person will have to face suspicion within his or her own community about his or her loyalty to other…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/randall-kennedy/any-successful-black-person-will-have-to-face-suspicion-within-his-or/)

[Randall Kennedy](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/randall-kennedy/)

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> [I don't understand how any black person can tell me that they're not pro-gun.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/killer-mike/i-don-t-understand-how-any-black-person-can-tell-me-that-they-re-not/)

[Killer Mike](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/killer-mike/)

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> [Does a black person make them an African American? No. There are Hispanics that are very, very dark skinned so the word…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/pam-grier/does-a-black-person-make-them-an-african-american-no-there-are/)

[Pam Grier](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/pam-grier/)

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> [When a black person is acting up or showing off, somebody might say she's 'wilin' out.' In sports, an athlete who really…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wesley-morris/when-a-black-person-is-acting-up-or-showing-off-somebody-might-say/)

[Wesley Morris](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/wesley-morris/)

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> [There is something transformative if you're a black person cheering in a theater and turn to see a white person cheering for…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jordan-peele/there-is-something-transformative-if-you-re-a-black-person-cheering/)

[Jordan Peele](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jordan-peele/)

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> [Anytime you see Beyonce, Jay Z, Kanye West. Anytime a young black person's doing good, that's motivation for everybody else. Anytime, anytime,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/keke-palmer/anytime-you-see-beyonce-jay-z-kanye-west-anytime-a-young-black-person/)

[Keke Palmer](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/keke-palmer/)

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> [My dad worked two jobs and moved us to the suburbs, and just being a black person, I went through a lot…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/sherri-shepherd/my-dad-worked-two-jobs-and-moved-us-to-the-suburbs-and-just-being-a/)

[Sherri Shepherd](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/sherri-shepherd/)

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> [Nowhere, absolutely nowhere, has there ever been a hint, not even a whisper, that a Black person was involved in the assassination…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/louis-stokes/nowhere-absolutely-nowhere-has-there-ever-been-a-hint-not-even-a/)

[Louis Stokes](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/louis-stokes/)

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> [To deny people of their human rights is to challenge their very humanity. To impose on them a wretched life of huger…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/nelson-mandela/to-deny-people-of-their-human-rights-is-to-challenge-their-very-2/)

[Nelson Mandela](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/nelson-mandela/)

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> [I think of all concepts I've ever encountered, I think the one that's most mysterious is afrofuturism and afrosurrealism because I feel…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ramell-ross/i-think-of-all-concepts-i-ve-ever-encountered-i-think-the-one-that-s/)

[RaMell Ross](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ramell-ross/)

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> [I actually spoke to one of the heads of a studio, and he said I confuse middle America. Basically, when they see…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ricky-whittle/i-actually-spoke-to-one-of-the-heads-of-a-studio-and-he-said-i/)

[Ricky Whittle](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ricky-whittle/)

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> [There is still an assumption among many people that to be black is to be lower class. In the last fifteen to…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ayana-mathis/there-is-still-an-assumption-among-many-people-that-to-be-black-is-to/)

[Ayana Mathis](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ayana-mathis/)

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> [It's just cheaper to be White in America than it is to be Black, because of educational advances, because of the police…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/warren-ballentine/it-s-just-cheaper-to-be-white-in-america-than-it-is-to-be-black/)

[Warren Ballentine](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/warren-ballentine/)

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> [“The same radical egalitarianism, however, could just as naturally lead to the belief that any white person, made in the image of…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/andrew-himes/the-same-radical-egalitarianism-however-could-just-as-naturally-lead/)

[Andrew Himes](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/andrew-himes/)

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> [Among liberals and Democrats, there is this notion that the poor - especially the black poor - can do no wrong. If…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/gregory-kane/among-liberals-and-democrats-there-is-this-notion-that-the-poor/)

[Gregory Kane](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/gregory-kane/)

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> [“Something about the turbulence of adolescence makes you want to do something creative...I thought as I got older I would stop writing…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/allison-joseph/something-about-the-turbulence-of-adolescence-makes-you-want-to-do/)

[Allison Joseph](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/allison-joseph/)

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> [Fashion week is not an episode of 'Girls' or 'Friends,' where I'm OK that there is not a black person in sight…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/amanda-seales/fashion-week-is-not-an-episode-of-girls-or-friends-where-i-m-ok-that/)

[Amanda Seales](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/amanda-seales/)

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> [A friend of mine said that when Barack Obama was running for president, there was a whole generation of white kids who…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/george-c-wolfe/a-friend-of-mine-said-that-when-barack-obama-was-running-for/)

[George C. Wolfe](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/george-c-wolfe/)

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> [“Do you know those kinds of looks white people give you?' ... 'What do you do?' 'Ignore them...' 'But how can you…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/michael-r-phillips/do-you-know-those-kinds-of-looks-white-people-give-you-what-do-you-do/)

[Michael R. Phillips](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/michael-r-phillips/)

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> [I have a perhaps naive point of view informed by my own kind of snowflake-in-the-unique-sense rather than the political sense, personal story.…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/lydia-polgreen/i-have-a-perhaps-naive-point-of-view-informed-by-my-own-kind-of/)

[Lydia Polgreen](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/lydia-polgreen/)

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> [“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…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/kurt-vonnegut/it-didn-t-matter-much-what-dwayne-said-it-hadn-t-mattered-much-for-2/)

[Kurt Vonnegut](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/kurt-vonnegut/)

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> [I don't understand most blacks, they think that it's all white peoples fault. All this is just distraction from what's really happening…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/kristen-davoti/i-don-t-understand-most-blacks-they-think-that-it-s-all-white-peoples/)

[Kristen Davoti](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/kristen-davoti/)

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> [White people scare the crap out of me... I have never been attacked by a black person, never been evicted by a…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/michael-moore/white-people-scare-the-crap-out-of-me-i-have-never-been-attacked-by-a/)

[Michael Moore](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/michael-moore/)

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> [“F.S. Nariman rightly found some similarity between the decision of the ADM Jabalpur and that of Dred Scott, rendered more than a…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/justice-asok-kumar-ganguly/f-s-nariman-rightly-found-some-similarity-between-the-decision-of-the/)

[Justice Asok Kumar Ganguly](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/justice-asok-kumar-ganguly/)

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> [“I am an American, proud to be an American, proud to be a black American. I’m not African-American. I’ve never been to…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ken-hutcherson/i-am-an-american-proud-to-be-an-american-proud-to-be-a-black-american/)

[Ken Hutcherson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ken-hutcherson/)

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> [“You taste injustice, even if it’s fictional, really taste it,it has a way of doing that. Sometimes, you can never put the…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/kristen-ashley/you-taste-injustice-even-if-it-s-fictional-really-taste-it-it-has-a/)

[Kristen Ashley](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/kristen-ashley/)

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                        "text": "It's just cheaper to be White in America than it is to be Black, because of educational advances, because of the police incidents, because of the poverty we grow up in as African-Americans. So, it's just cheaper in this country if you're born a Caucasian than being born a Black person.",
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                        "text": "Among liberals and Democrats, there is this notion that the poor - especially the black poor - can do no wrong. If you criticize any poor and black person who displays inappropriate, boorish or egregiously bad conduct, you'll be dismissed as a racist if you're not black. And as an Uncle Tom or sellout if you are.",
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                        "text": "Fashion week is not an episode of 'Girls' or 'Friends,' where I'm OK that there is not a black person in sight because I honestly believe these characters don't come into contact with - therefore don't have - any black friends. No, in the case of Fashion week, it feels wrong.",
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                        "text": "A friend of mine said that when Barack Obama was running for president, there was a whole generation of white kids who are used to looking up to a black person center stage speaking. And that's because of hip-hop. So there was no adjustment. A person of color in authority at times is very startling to people. But as time goes on, it becomes less startling.",
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                        "text": "“Do you know those kinds of looks white people give you?' ... 'What do you do?' 'Ignore them...' 'But how can you - it makes you feel so worthless...' 'You have to ignore it and just be who you are.' 'But how can you feel good about yourself when your skin is brown, when the whole world is looking at you...' 'The whole world isn't looking at you that way.' said Micah, 'only ignorant, foolish people. What should you care what they think?' 'But it still sometimes hurts to be black.' 'Yeah, maybe,' Micah nodded. 'I know the feeling, but a long time ago I had to decide what it meant to be me, not white, black, not what anyone else says or thinks I should be ... but just me. Who I thought I was, who I really was, who God wanted me to be -- that was all that mattered. Once I came to terms and made my peace with that, then I was able to live with my self no matter what anyone thought.\" 'But doing that's not so easy.' 'No, not easy at all,' nodded Micah. 'But if you're black, or brown like you say, or different in any way, you've got no choice. You've got to ignore the looks and just be who you are. Otherwise you'll get angry and bitter yourself and then you're no better than they are. An angry black person is just as bad as an arrogant white person. I wouldn't want to be either.”",
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                        "text": "I have a perhaps naive point of view informed by my own kind of snowflake-in-the-unique-sense rather than the political sense, personal story. I mean I feel like my experiences are so hard to map onto any kind of generalized identity. For example, I'm a black person, but I come from a very particular black experience which is not unlike the experience of the Barack Obama. I have an African mother and a white father and I feel like I have a different experience of being a black person as a result of that identity than someone who is from the descendants of slaves.",
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                        "text": "“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 City said out loud, except when they were talking about money or structures or travel or machinery - or other measurable thins. Every person had a clearly defined part to play - as a black person, a female high school drop-out, a Pontiac dealer, a gynecologist, a gas-conversion burner installer. If a person stopped living up to expectations, because of bad chemicals or one thing or another, everybody went on imagining that the person was living up to expectations anyway. That was the main reason the people in Midland City were so slow to detect insanity in their associates. Their imaginations insisted that nobody changed much from day to day. Their imaginations were flywheels on the ramshackle machinery of awful truth.”",
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                        "text": "I don't understand most blacks, they think that it's all white peoples fault. All this is just distraction from what's really happening in this world. I'm not racist, I love all kinds of different race but I hate it when one race acts like only whites are after them. Whites kill blacks, blacks kill whites, whites kill whites, blacks kill blacks, and the same thing with every race. I bet if a mexican killed a black person no one would put up arguments or posters everywhere. But look, we are all equal and no one seems to get that, we all made the laws of these countries, we all agreed to them. And honestly how are all whites racist if blacks from africa sold their own kind to the white people. And if you really wanna go to racism, I can tell you that millions of blacks had over 300 black slaves. Plus white people were also slaves, people who were white from england little boys and girls, moms, and, dads all were white slaves as well. So stop with the racist crap.",
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                        "text": "White people scare the crap out of me... I have never been attacked by a black person, never been evicted by a black person, never had my security deposit ripped off by a black landlord, never had a black landlord... never been pulled over by a black cop, never been sold a lemon by a black car salesman, never seen a black car salesman, never had a black person deny me a bank loan, never had a black person bury my movie, and I've never heard a black person say: We're going to eliminate ten thousand jobs here have a nice day!.",
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                        "text": "“F.S. Nariman rightly found some similarity between the decision of the ADM Jabalpur and that of Dred Scott, rendered more than a century ago in 1857 by a 6:2 majority of the American Supreme Court. The majority in Dred Scott held that a black person could never be a citizen of the US. A strong criticism of this view by Abraham Lincoln got national attention and ultimately helped him win the presidential election, which changed history. In both the cases, powerful dissenting opinions brought about far-reaching changes in these two democracies.”",
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                        "text": "“I am an American, proud to be an American, proud to be a black American. I’m not African-American. I’ve never been to Africa. I’m an American that is black and my　– and I’m proud to be a black that submits to my Christianity. I am proud to be just a man. I mean a man’s man, not a metro sexual, not one that gets his nails done. I mean a man that used to get out there and knock heads and get his fingernails dirty. I’m proud of being a man, but my manhood submits to my Christianity, but I don’t see that in Al Sharpton. Any time anything happens that attacks his blackness, he fears it and　– because he has nothing else to stand on. Thus, when the real civil rights movement of everyone steps up, when we’re saying the Tea Party, don’t take being discriminated against. If a black person was kicked out of a hotel for being black down in Florida, it would be an uproar, but since the Tea Party was kicked out because of their political views, that’s going against America. That’s why we’re here going against the Constitution, with certain unalienable rights. That is the true fight we must start and we must fight today like never before.”",
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                        "text": "“You taste injustice, even if it’s fictional, really taste it,it has a way of doing that. Sometimes, you can never put the shoe on the other foot. We can’t go back in time and know what it was like to be a black person then. Even today, when things are supposed to be so much better, not one of you can understand what it’s like to be black, to live with the knowledge of what happened to your ancestry and still face injustice. But that book makes us taste it and, reading it, we know how bitter that taste is and we know we don’t like it. But that bitter wakes you up, and when you wake up, you open your mind to things in this world, you make yourself think. Then you’ll decide you don’t like the taste of injustice, not for you and not for anyone, and you’ll understand that even though all the battles can’t be won, that doesn’t mean you won’t fight.”",
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