Whitey is uptight about offending blacks without really knowing what offends blacks. — Melvin Van Peebles Copy Share Image
I like suits that are fitted. And I usually stick to grays, whites, and blacks. — Liam Hemsworth Copy Share Image
Democrats in Louisville were led by Courier-Journal editor Henry Watterson and were implacably opposed to blacks voting. — Rand Paul Copy Share Image
In 1975 I was among a group of blacks who formed the Black Americans in Support of Israel Committee. — David Dinkins Copy Share Image
“& lord knows I have been called by what I look like more than I have been called by what I actually am” — Hanif Abdurraqib Copy Share Image
I disagree with the prevailing point of view of some black leaders that special treatment for blacks is acceptable. — Clarence Thomas Copy Share Image
“Blacks wеrе nоt allowed tо ѕhоw рubliс аffесtiоn toward one another in рubliс, еѕресiаllу kiѕѕing, bесаuѕе it offended whitеѕ.” — Adam Brown Copy Share Image
Russians not only vehemently despise blacks, they believe Africa begins at the Ukraine border. — P. J. O'Rourke Copy Share Image
Most of the people I've met who are black in other countries look up to the blacks in this country. Though they… — Alex Haley Copy Share Image
Blacks have a special history, since they were enslaved and were here as early as the first Americans. I hate to sound… — Ann Coulter Copy Share Image
Blacks, especially in America, have been raised with a slave mentality - they don't feel that they have the right to speak… — Kanye West Copy Share Image
Segregation was a burden for many blacks, because the end of the civil war and the amendments added to the constitution elevated… — Ed Smith Copy Share Image
“Daddy once told me there's a rage passed down to every black man from his ancestors, born the moment they couldn't stop… — Angie Thomas Copy Share Image
As I look out there and see the culture of baseball, a lot of blacks and Latins, it's given me a lot… — Billy Williams Copy Share Image
“Hadar, the only time I feel black is when I look at my hands," Spencer said, spreading his fingers out in front… — Paul Beatty Copy Share Image
“Light and darkness both carry beauty; it’s not the color but the soul that defines them. So not always in white—angels come… — Mohammed Zaki Ansari Copy Share Image
“Since 1865, when the [Thirteenth] Amendment was passed, Black men were getting charged, set up, arrested, and convicted for the pettiest of… — Amy Watkins Copy Share Image
“In the context of the Negro problem neither whites nor blacks, for excellent reasons of their own, have the faintest desire to… — James Baldwin Copy Share Image
“The black officer checks Daddy while his partner glances around at all of the onlookers. There's quite a few of us now.… — Angie Thomas Copy Share Image
'The Martin Show,' the 'Jamie Foxx show,' 'Living Single,' 'The Wayans Brothers,' 'Hanging with Mr. Cooper...' Some of these shows were good,… — John Ridley Copy Share Image
As a teenager, my blackness was also questioned by some of the life choices I made that weren't considered to be 'black'… — Issa Rae Copy Share Image
For people of color - especially African Americans - the idea that racist cops might frame members of their community is no… — Tim Wise Copy Share Image
New York is a meeting place for every race in the world, but the Chinese, Armenians, Russians, and Germans remain foreigners. So… — Federico Garcia Lorca Copy Share Image
“Blacks have the most to gain from Stand Your Ground laws, and there is no evidence that the laws are applied in… — John R. Lott Jr Copy Share Image
“And she got the feeling that Boots Smith's relationship to this swiftly moving car was no ordinary one. He wasn't just a… — Ann Petry Copy Share Image
“Black females, for the most part, know by the time they are ten years old that the world is not much concerned… — Maya Angelou Copy Share Image
“We need a powerful sense of determination to banish the ugly blemish of racism scarring the image of America. We can, of… — Martin Luther King Jr Copy Share Image
“The things white folks put people through--my god, cruel in ways I just can't even reconcile. Should be ashamed for a thousand… — Cebo Campbell Copy Share Image
“The attendant looked at Camilo, looked at Link, blandly, incuriously. Link thought, In New York all the black boys who go in… — Ann Petry Copy Share Image
“But race in the United States is not a tidy matter. Only three of the submitted pieces explicitly referenced the future. Most… — Jesmyn Ward Copy Share Image
“It is the beginning of the year of our Lord 1963. I see a young Negro boy. He is sitting on a… — Martin Luther King Jr Copy Share Image
“I suggest that those who live in the past don't want a confrontation with the present. I believe that white Americans welcome… — Saul D. Alinsky Copy Share Image
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