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title: "10 Happened Black Quotes by 10 authors"
description: "Browse 10 Happened Black quotes by 10 authors. Discover the best Happened Black sayings and thoughts."
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> [I was a player who was vying to do exactly what everyone else was doing, and I happened to be black.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/katrina-adams/i-was-a-player-who-was-vying-to-do-exactly-what-everyone-else-was/)

[Katrina Adams](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/katrina-adams/)

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> [Actually I don't remember being born, it must have happened during one of my black outs.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jim-morrison/actually-i-don-t-remember-being-born-it-must-have-happened-during-one/)

[Jim Morrison](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jim-morrison/)

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> [Actually I dont remember being born, it must have happened during one of my black outs.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/anonymous/actually-i-dont-remember-being-born-it-must-have-happened-during-one/)

[Anonymous](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/anonymous/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/700/anonymous-1_party_actually-i-dont-remember-being-born-it-m_931284.jpg)

> [Michael Brown happened to be black. Trayvon Martin happened to be black. Eric Garner was a black man. So this pattern continues…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/william-lacy-clay-jr/michael-brown-happened-to-be-black-trayvon-martin-happened-to-be/)

[William Lacy Clay, Jr](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/william-lacy-clay-jr/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/18c/william-lacy-clay-jr-35143_black_michael-brown-happened-to-be-black-trayv_240127.png)

> [One of the worst things that happened to black people in America historically is integration. People ask me why I say that…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/david-banner/one-of-the-worst-things-that-happened-to-black-people-in-america/)

[David Banner](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/david-banner/)

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> [There was nothing around me that would have given me heroes who happened to be Black. And I don't think anybody can…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/paterson-joseph/there-was-nothing-around-me-that-would-have-given-me-heroes-who/)

[Paterson Joseph](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/paterson-joseph/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/3e5/paterson-joseph-6527_difficult_there-was-nothing-around-me-that-would-h_2866563.jpg)

> [So, I was sitting there and I watched 'Paranormal Activity' and I was like, 'Boy, white people do dumb stuff in movies.'…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/marlon-wayans/so-i-was-sitting-there-and-i-watched-paranormal-activity-and-i-was/)

[Marlon Wayans](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/marlon-wayans/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/4dc/marlon-wayans-7828_activity_so-i-was-sitting-there-and-i-watched-par_782723.jpg)

> [Somebody once said to me after I'd done "Deep Impact," "What is it like to play a Black president," and I said,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/morgan-freeman/somebody-once-said-to-me-after-i-d-done-deep-impact-what-is-it-like/)

[Morgan Freeman](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/morgan-freeman/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/e5a/morgan-freeman-1202_black_somebody-once-said-to-me-after-i-d-done_2194197.jpg)

> [“What have you done to my dairy?” he said. “What happened to the Black Hole of Calcutta I was saving for the…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/loretta-chase/what-have-you-done-to-my-dairy-he-said-what-happened-to-the-black/)

[Loretta Chase](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/loretta-chase/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/267/loretta-chase-2027_black-hole_what-have-you-done-to-my-dairy-he-said-w_1028976.jpg)

> [Weirdly enough, the best thing that ever happened to black people in the last twenty or thirty years was the O.J. Simpson…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ann-coulter/weirdly-enough-the-best-thing-that-ever-happened-to-black-people-in/)

[Ann Coulter](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ann-coulter/)

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