Blacks are six times more likely than whites to be victims of homicides. — Warren Farrell Copy Share Image
The U.S. military was segregated 'til the Korean War, and the blacks in World War Two were totally segregated. — Clint Eastwood Copy Share Image
“I swear that white folks need to just shut the hell up sometimes. Y'all make it hard for everybody.” — Kiese Laymon Copy Share Image
As a result of the absence and weakness of black men, blacks have allowed every ungodly thing to influence their communities. — Jesse Lee Peterson Copy Share Image
Before Obama, people barely noticed skin color; that goes back 150 years. Blacks were happy and grateful for what we were given. — Benjamin Carson Copy Share Image
What does it mean to be too black for Hollywood? It's self-explanatory. Hollywood has certain kinds of blacks that they like. — Paul Mooney Copy Share Image
Blacks on prime-time TV are only portrayed as comedians - and often in no better a light than 'Amos & Andy.' — Don Cornelius Copy Share Image
My honest opinion is that blacks have to fight much harder for their individuality than whites do. — Shelby Steele Copy Share Image
“You are growing into consciousness, and my wish for you is that you feel no need to constrict yourself to make other… — Ta-Nehisi Coates Copy Share Image
During the Great Depression, African Americans were faced with problems that were not unlike those experienced by the most disadvantaged groups in… — William Julius Wilson Copy Share Image
Well, many Blacks who are vegan are vegan for health reasons. They believe in putting the right food in their bodies. And… — Eric Adams Copy Share Image
Blacks as a group will never be equal while they have this situation going on, where the vast majority of children do… — Amy Wax Copy Share Image
“I had seen a photograph of Emmett Till's body just after it was pulled from the river. I had seen photographs of… — Alice Walker Copy Share Image
“When's the election?" "Next Tuesday. Y'all niggers going to vote for me?" A slender snaggle-toothed boy waved his hand in front of… — Paul Beatty Copy Share Image
Given the historical power differential between blacks and whites, blacks are required to be attentive to the way their white counterparts see… — James A. Forbes Copy Share Image
I would love to see us, as blacks, get to the place where we say, 'I'm not going to play race games… — Shelby Steele Copy Share Image
“I remained abroad ten months, which was much longer than I had anticipated. During all that time, I never saw the slightest… — Harriet Ann Jacobs Copy Share Image
I grew up on the north side of Chicago, in West Rogers Park, an overwhelmingly Jewish neighborhood. When I was 13, my… — Scott Turow Copy Share Image
“If I knew anything about being black in America it was that nothing was guaranteed, you couldn't count on a thing, and… — Rachel Kaadzi Ghansah Copy Share Image
To put it simply, as a black man, I started watching films at the age of six, and I've since seen the… — Raoul Peck Copy Share Image
“She supposed the young colored men of Link's generation couldn't have manners like Mr. Powther's, though she didn't know why. Wars and… — Ann Petry Copy Share Image
“That morning, like every morning, the first decision he made regarded his Blackness. His skin was a deep, constant brown. In public,… — Nana Kwame Adjei-Brenyah Copy Share Image
“One of racism’s harms is the way it falls on the unexceptional Black person who is asked to be extraordinary just to… — Ibram X. Kendi Copy Share Image
“I considered the northern white stance against slavery. How much of the desire to end the institution was fueled by a need… — Percival Everett Copy Share Image
“Lieutenant Thomas R. Gilligan, thirty-seven, was off duty and out of uniform, checking out TVs in an electronics store. He went to… — Colson Whitehead Copy Share Image
How long must the American community afford special treatment to blacks? — Constance Baker Motley Copy Share Image
I never, with my eyes, saw the mistreatment of any black person. Not once. Where we lived was all farmers. The blacks… — Phil Robertson Copy Share Image
I have lived a life that has been beautiful and painful at some moments. But I am convinced others can learn how… — Jayson Blair Copy Share Image
We grow up in New Zealand from a young age getting up at 3am to watch the All Blacks play South Africa… — Beauden Barrett Copy Share Image
When blacks become humanly visible, when their true beliefs are known, their mask shatters and their symbiotic bond with whites is broken. — Shelby Steele Copy Share Image
The blacks are tired of standing at the touchlines to witness a game that they should be playing. They want to do… — Steven Biko Copy Share Image
Should a community... be free to enact legislation to say they don't want blacks? Now that's illegal. Fifty years ago it was… — Noam Chomsky Copy Share Image
The ethic of liberal individualism has so deeply permeated the psyches of blacks... of all classes that we have little support for… — bell hooks Copy Share Image
All token Blacks have the same experience. I have been pointed at as a solution to things that have not yet begun… — Leontyne Price Copy Share Image
“Since the white man's personality is greatly distorted by segregation, and his soul is greatly scarred, he needs the love of the… — Martin Luther King Jr Copy Share Image
Blacks who have not succumbed to the victim culture have been, are and will be doing quite well - all on their… — Tammy Bruce Copy Share Image
For the better part of two centuries, outsiders have been offering explanations that range from racist to learned-sounding - the supposed inferiority… — Adam Hochschild Copy Share Image
The Jewish background is not that far from the black groove. Blacks are downtrodden, Jews are downtrodden, therefore they have something in… — Jerry Leiber Copy Share Image
Blacks should feel fortunate to be citizens of this country. We are blessed, not enslaved, and those who say otherwise are enslaved… — Jesse Lee Peterson Copy Share Image
I'm old enough to remember when there were no black quarterbacks - there were no blacks on TV. I hope my son… — Chris Rock Copy Share Image
