“Even she hair itself rough and wiry; long black knotty locks springing from she scalp and corkscrewing all the way down she… — Nalo Hopkinson Copy Share Image
Cinema is a little over 100 years old, and a lot of what we do is built around film emulsion. Those things… — Barry Jenkins Copy Share Image
I mean, I'm happy plodding along in my beautiful black skin in my big chubby body. — Alison Hammond Copy Share Image
“ (Charles Morgan, Jr., Southern Director of the ACLU in 1966, upon seeing conditions in the Jefferson County jail): ...I knew that… — Wayne Greenhaw Copy Share Image
“Kali comes from the Sanskrit word ‘kal’, meaning time. She is a Hindu goddess, who is greatly misunderstood by the Western world… — Traci Harding Copy Share Image
“In a tree-shaded pasture, seventeen adult tortoises randomly stood around. As I fed them spinach leaves sold by an opportune vendor, they… — Kristine K. Stevens Copy Share Image
“it means what it say," Ethel said. "It means that a Hebrew may not enslave a Hebrew. But the sons of Ham… — Colson Whitehead Copy Share Image
“And the darkness of John's sin was like the darkness of the church on Saturday evenings[...] It was like his thoughts as… — James Baldwin Copy Share Image
“My final prayer: O my body, make of me always a man who questions!" - Frantz Fanon, "Black Skin, White Masks” — Frantz Fanon Copy Share Image
In the racialized space of capitalist gentrification, police are not only arbiters of the peace, they are the muscle of retail racism:… — Anthea Butler Copy Share Image
“The number-one draft pick or the up-and-coming action hero will never choose me, because I’m dark skinned,” my friend said. On the… — Gabrielle Union Copy Share Image
I think to be very blunt about it, in a lot of that support is a desire for convergence of a black… — Shelby Steele Copy Share Image
Any movie you see, if Tom Cruise is in an action movie or whatever it is, The Avengers, there's going to be… — Geena Davis Copy Share Image
The Lord has never indicated that black skin came because of being less faithful. Now, the Indian; we know why he has… — LeGrand Richards Copy Share Image
“Once upon a time they was two girls," I say. "one girl had black skin, one girl had white." Mae Mobley look… — Kathryn Stockett Copy Share Image
The discovery of gold and silver in America, the extirpation, enslavement and entombment in mines of the aboriginal population, the turning of… — Karl Marx Copy Share Image
Look to a day when people will not be judged by the color of their skin,... — Martin Luther King, Jr Copy Share Image
We value men more than women... straight love more than gay love... white skin more than black skin... and adults more than… — Charlize Theron Copy Share Image
I keep telling everyone that I want to start a revolution but no one is taking me seriously. If I had black… — Madonna Ciccone Copy Share Image
“He was one of those old people who give the impression of having undergone a lifetime trial by fire which they somehow… — Paule Marshall Copy Share Image
“Yet, thousands of africans and young african youths have failed to acknowledge the importance of what madiba gave them. To me, he… — victor adeagbo Copy Share Image
My mom wanted to make sure I was prepared to grow up with Black skin in America. — Amanda Gorman Copy Share Image
