--- title: "3 Blacks Quotes By Paul Beatty" description: "3 Blacks quotes by Paul Beatty. Plus more from Paul Beatty and more Blacks sayings from other authors." image: "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/dff/paul-beatty-6684_african-americans_when-s-the-election-next-tuesday-y-all-n_1762805.png" --- > [“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…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/paul-beatty/when-s-the-election-next-tuesday-y-all-niggers-going-to-vote-for-me-a/) [Paul Beatty](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/paul-beatty/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/dff/paul-beatty-6684_african-americans_when-s-the-election-next-tuesday-y-all-n_1762805.png) > [“Hadar, the only time I feel black is when I look at my hands," Spencer said, spreading his fingers out in front…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/paul-beatty/hadar-the-only-time-i-feel-black-is-when-i-look-at-my-hands-spencer/) [Paul Beatty](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/paul-beatty/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/de1/paul-beatty-6684_african-americans_hadar-the-only-time-i-feel-black-is-when_1976167.png) > [“I understand now that the only time black people don't feel guilty is when we've actually done something wrong, because that relieves…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/paul-beatty/i-understand-now-that-the-only-time-black-people-don-t-feel-guilty-is/) [Paul Beatty](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/paul-beatty/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/0f4/paul-beatty-6684_african-americans_i-understand-now-that-the-only-time-blac_2564270.png) ## Other authors on Blacks - [ ![](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wp-content/uploads/sms4s/authors/processed/b004/author-ann-petry-13575.jpg) Ann Petry 9 quotes ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/blacks/ann-petry/) - [ ![](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wp-content/uploads/sms4s/authors/processed/b001/author-angie-thomas-2699.jpg) Angie Thomas 9 quotes ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/blacks/angie-thomas/) - [ ![](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wp-content/uploads/sms4s/authors/processed/b002/author-jesse-lee-peterson-5122.jpg) Jesse Lee Peterson 8 quotes ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/blacks/jesse-lee-peterson/) - [ ![](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wp-content/uploads/sms4s/authors/processed/b022/author-shelby-steele-84811.jpg) Shelby Steele 7 quotes ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/blacks/shelby-steele/) - [Martin Luther King Jr 7 quotes](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/blacks/martin-luther-king-jr-2/) - [ ![](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wp-content/uploads/sms4s/authors/processed/b014/author-john-ridley-52179.jpg) John Ridley 6 quotes ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/blacks/john-ridley/) - [Clint Smith 6 quotes](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/blacks/clint-smith/) - [Maya Angelou 5 quotes](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/blacks/maya-angelou/) ## More by Paul Beatty > [There are things I don't like, like sitting at the head of the class. It makes me uncomfortable. I'll do it in a seminar…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/paul-beatty/there-are-things-i-don-t-like-like-sitting-at-the-head-of-the-class/) [Paul Beatty](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/paul-beatty/) > [In The Sellout I tried to capture how we can talk and see race, how we see urbanity, and how we see our history.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/paul-beatty/in-the-sellout-i-tried-to-capture-how-we-can-talk-and-see-race-how-we/) [Paul Beatty](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/paul-beatty/) > [In White Boy Shuffle, I combined my seventh-grade teacher, Mr. Takemoto, who really saved me - I don't think I've ever told anyone this…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/paul-beatty/in-white-boy-shuffle-i-combined-my-seventh-grade-teacher-mr-takemoto/) [Paul Beatty](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/paul-beatty/) > [I co-taught a seminar called Small Group Processes with my professor. I learned so much from it, so much about myself, about groups, how…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/paul-beatty/i-co-taught-a-seminar-called-small-group-processes-with-my-professor/) [Paul Beatty](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/paul-beatty/) > [ I'll say this, and it'll sound like bullshit, but it's not: I don't really pay attention to this stuff \[Man Booker Prize\] very much.… ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/paul-beatty/i-ll-say-this-and-it-ll-sound-like-bullshit-but-it-s-not-i-don-t/) [Paul Beatty](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/paul-beatty/) > [“Hereos. Idols. They're never who you think they are. Shorter. Nastier. Smellier. And when you finally meet them, there's something that makes you want…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/paul-beatty/hereos-idols-they-re-never-who-you-think-they-are-shorter-nastier/) [Paul Beatty](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/paul-beatty/) > [There are many similarities between Germans and blacks. The nouns themselves are loaded with so much historical baggage it's impossible for anyone to be…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/paul-beatty/there-are-many-similarities-between-germans-and-blacks-the-nouns/) [Paul Beatty](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/paul-beatty/) > [Like when you have the right title for something you're writing and you get lost - you can always go back to the title…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/paul-beatty/like-when-you-have-the-right-title-for-something-you-re-writing-and/) [Paul Beatty](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/paul-beatty/) > [I had a student once come up to me and we were talking about this incident, and, of course, I never had the right…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/paul-beatty/i-had-a-student-once-come-up-to-me-and-we-were-talking-about-this/) [Paul Beatty](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/paul-beatty/) > [ There are always so many things happening \[to us\] at one time. We read Isherwood's A Single Man in class, and we had to… ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/paul-beatty/there-are-always-so-many-things-happening-to-us-at-one-time-we-read/) [Paul Beatty](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/paul-beatty/) > [I forget how beautiful and calm California is. It's not so much about the place, but also the age that I came to the…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/paul-beatty/i-forget-how-beautiful-and-calm-california-is-it-s-not-so-much-about/) [Paul Beatty](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/paul-beatty/) > [“My litmus test of compatibility is 'Tom Cruise.' I hate people who hate Tom Cruise, cultural automatons who at the mention of his name…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/paul-beatty/my-litmus-test-of-compatibility-is-tom-cruise-i-hate-people-who-hate/) [Paul Beatty](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/paul-beatty/) > [“Sometimes it's the nihilism that makes life worth living.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/paul-beatty/sometimes-it-s-the-nihilism-that-makes-life-worth-living/) [Paul Beatty](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/paul-beatty/) > [I think there's nothing new going on. Except that, you're even more public than you've ever been.There's some good and some bad to that.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/paul-beatty/i-think-there-s-nothing-new-going-on-except-that-you-re-even-more/) [Paul Beatty](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/paul-beatty/) > [“Would he read the paper and see that the Union he saved was now a dysfunctional plutocracy,”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/paul-beatty/would-he-read-the-paper-and-see-that-the-union-he-saved-was-now-a/) [Paul Beatty](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/paul-beatty/) ```json { "@context": "https://schema.org", "@graph": [ { "@type": "ItemList", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/blacks/paul-beatty/#itemlist", "name": "3 Blacks Quotes By Paul Beatty", "numberOfItems": 3, "itemListElement": [ { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 1, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "“When's the election?\" \"Next Tuesday. 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