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Blackness is a state of mind and I identify with the black community. Mainly, because I realized, early on, when I walk… — Halle Berry Copy Share Image
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I've liked different women at different times in my life. I've been attracted to white women. I've been attracted to black women.… — Oliver Stone Copy Share Image
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I have this problem where it's like'I can never stop thinking. For instance, I find myself obsessing over the treatment of black… — Kola Boof Copy Share Image
We are a total of our sum parts, right? I came from a family of very strong women - black women. And… — Omari Hardwick Copy Share Image
I was nurtured by Ralph Farquhar and then, later, by Sara Finney-Johnson and Vida Spears, two black women. So, I actually was… — Mara Brock Akil Copy Share Image
Katz traces the courageous role of Black women in settling the West (and] deftly shows how these pioneering spirits helped stabilize early… — Herb Boyd Copy Share Image
If incarceration had come to define the lives of men from impoverished black neighborhoods, eviction was shaping the lives of women. Poor… — Matthew Desmond Copy Share Image
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The core of the culture is racism and how black men are viewed. They've always been demonized and seen as threats in… — Marian Wright Edelman Copy Share Image
'Heroes' was great, but I was like the sorority sister, the friend. So often, we as black women, we are cast as… — Candice Patton Copy Share Image
It's been interesting to look back on those works [I've done previously] and see all the things that Beyoncé has done and… — Morgan Parker Copy Share Image
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In fact, some reviewers have said that as they got into the story they forgot that the protagonist is a black woman.… — Christopher Darden Copy Share Image
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Bill Clinton is like a lot of white politicians. They eat soul food, they party with black women, they play the saxophone,… — Sister Souljah Copy Share Image
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