We knew then what we know now; only exemplary blacks are acceptable. — Constance Baker Motley Copy Share Image
If blacks are oppressed in America, why isn’t there a black exodus? — David Horowitz Copy Share Image
“A gold tooth is to some blacks, what braces are to all whites.” — Mokokoma Mokhonoana Copy Share Image
Most blacks are happy, except those who have had other ideas pushed into their ears. — P. W. Botha 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
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
I grew up in a neighborhood with blacks and Puerto Ricans and Italians, the whole gamut, so conveying unity has always meant… — Carmine Giovinazzo Copy Share Image
“The defeat that had frightened her in the faces of black men was the defeat of black forever defined by white.” — Alice Walker Copy Share Image
I grew up in Los Angeles when the racial tensions between blacks and Mexicans were very high. Gang violence was very prevalent. — Miguel Copy Share Image
But blacks make little to no progress and, worse, the preoccupation with injustice only leaves them eternally inconsolable and cut off from… — Shelby Steele Copy Share Image
“Oh Maker, what did they really say about your black creation? I think you made a beautiful work of art on a… — Chinonye J. Chidolue Copy Share Image
“Whenever a word ''nigga'' is spoken, It's always followed by the same question, Can white people say nigger ? and the correct… — Anonymous 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
Liberals believe that they own blacks - still. They believe they're something proprietary about being black in this country, and if you… — Candace Owens Copy Share Image
It's depressing to see blacks wanting to dive into the mainstream of American commercial life. They come from a magnificent African culture… — George Carlin Copy Share Image
“Like I said, at Williamson I'm cool by default because I'm black. I can go out there and do a silly dance… — Angie Thomas Copy Share Image
“What, you think if you live next door to them, they'll treat you different?" "Why does it always have to be about… — Angie Thomas Copy Share Image
Blacks have been in the position of having to rebel since day one. It's only natural. Black people are the lowest on… — Laurence Fishburne 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
“I cannot sit idly by in Atlanta and not be concerned about what happens in Birmingham. Injustice anywhere is a threat to… — Martin Luther King Jr Copy Share Image
“Some people cannot afford to believe that this country isn’t that bad, that as Hillary Clinton said, “America is great because America… — Yaa Gyasi 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
“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
“Another group with a vital role to play in the present crisis is the white Northern liberals. The racial issue that we… — Martin Luther King Jr 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
“It is due, however, to my mistress to say of her, that she did not adopt this course of treatment immediately. She… — Frederick Douglass 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
“Rev. [Martin Luther] King continued, chanting, singing his prophetic litany. We were one people, indivisible in the sight of God, responsible to… — Maya Angelou Copy Share Image
Happy Black History Month everyone. I challenge you blacks to change how other races view us. — Anonymous Copy Share Image
Jazz is a racist musical form invented by whites to enslave blacks. — Lyndon LaRouche Copy Share Image
Blacks are six times more likely than whites to be victims of homicides. — Warren Farrell Copy Share Image
“because white men can't police their imagination black people are dying” — Claudia Rankine Copy Share Image
What you want, a Bentley? Fur coat? A diamond chain? All you blacks want all the same things. — Kanye West Copy Share Image
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