Best Black Men Quotations

105 Black Men quotes by 81 unique authors

Listen, you might want to pack a few of your things together before going to bed. The former bishop of Turkey will be coming tonight… — David Sedaris
They wanted black women to conform to the gender norms set by white society. They wanted to be recognized as 'men,' as patriarchs, by other… — Bell Hooks
When I was nineteen, pureness was the great issue. Instead of the world being divided up into Catholics and Protestants or Republicans and Democrats or… — Sylvia Plath
Drugs is a government game, Bilal. A way to rob us of our best black men, our army. Everyone who plays the game loses. Then… — Sister Souljah
Black people have been qualified to be president for hundreds of years. George Washington Carver could have been president. I could go on with a… — Chris Rock
I think our biggest problem is lack of real, honest communication between black men and black women. A lot of men talk amongst men, and… — Hill Harper
From infancy, I have relied on the fiercely sweet spirits of black men; and this is abundantly clear in my work. — Alice Walker
So many killings of black men in my lifetime. The physical shock is astounding. — Alice Walker
When I look at 55 percent of our black men dropping out of school, how bad off are we going to be when we need… — Bill Cosby
My ancestors fought for the Confederacy during the Civil War; I was raised in Natchez, Miss.; I performed in the Confederate Pageant for a decade;… — Greg Iles
Like myself, President Obama is the father of two daughters. He understands the obstacles that they face as women, but he also understands the emergency… — Al Sharpton
There is a genocide that is taking place among black men, in particular young black men, but it is not a genocide being perpetuated by… — Niger Innis
It is true that as people, we tend to remember only the positive. With time, the grim details fade away, and as a species we… — Colman Domingo
In the suffragist and abolitionist era, there were a lot of white women and some black men and women who argued for the old hierarchy… — Gloria Steinem
The Academy Awards ceremony is designed to be without irony, but Chris Rock supplied it anyway with filmed movie-theater interviews with black men and women… — Suzanne Fields
When I was 24 I went to Nigeria and it was such a culture shock, growing up in Australia and suddenly being the only white… — Bruce Beresford
Black women don't have the same body image problems as white women. They are proud of their bodies. Black men love big butts. — Tyra Banks
Realize that saying all black men are the same is just as ignorant as saying that all black women are the same. Both are false. — Sonya Parker
Hockey sport is for the white men, basketball is for the black men, golf is a sport for the white men who dressed like a… — Tiger Woods
It slaps your dignity just right. I loved the idea of these proud, dignified black men, and I saw the older ones wounded, and it… — Quincy Jones
I liked the fact that there were so many different representations of black women and black men in the movie. It wasn't like we all… — Sanaa Lathan
I wanna talk to the black men in here, you know what I mean? Black men in here that are coming up in the hood,… — Obie Trice
What the hell is wrong with you people? Every famous nigga that gets arrested is not Nelson Mandela! Yes, the government conspires to put a… — Huey Freeman
Today mass incarceration defines the meaning of blackness in America: Black people, especially black men, are criminals. That is what it means to be black. — Michelle Alexander
Black men and women were not allowed to register to vote. My own mother, my own father, my grandfather and my uncles and aunts could… — John Lewis

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