Black Person Quotes

59 quotes by 52 authors

The black person is the protagonist in most of my paintings. I realized that I didn't see many paintings with black people in them. — Jean-Michel Basquiat
No poor, rural, weak, or black person should ever again have to bear the additional burden of being deprived of the opportunity for an education,… — Jimmy Carter
How do people come up with a date and a time to take life from another man? . . . Twelve white men say a… — Ulysses S. Grant
Why does every black person in the movies have to play a servant? How about a black person walking up the steps of a courthouse… — Myrna Loy
Does a black person make them an African American? No. There are Hispanics that are very, very dark skinned so the word has lost its… — Pam Grier
Trying to find my flaws is like trying to find a black person at one of our concerts — Thom Yorke
I never, with my eyes, saw the mistreatment of any black person. Not once. Where we lived was all farmers. The blacks worked for the… — Phil Robertson
I'm with the blacks, because weâ€™re white trash. Weâ€™re going across the field â€¦ Theyâ€™re singing and happy. I never heard one of them, one… — Phil Robertson
I never, with my eyes, saw the mistreatment of any black person, — Phil Robertson
...people will go for anything they don't understand if it's got enough hype. They want to be hip, want always to be in on the… — Miles Davis
Al Gore's Negro tolerance level has never been too high. I've never known him to have more than one black person around him at any… — Cynthia McKinney
When a black person has no electricity, no water, they call it the ghetto. When white people have no electricity and no water, they call… — Carlos Mencia
As a black person in America, I am twice as likely as a white person to live in an area where air pollution poses the… — Majora Carter
NHPrimary Trivia: The Republican candidates have not spoken to a black person since Herman Cain dropped out. — Andy Borowitz
So, to say Barack Obama is progress is saying that he's the first black person that is qualified to be president. That's not black progress.… — Chris Rock
A black Christian is like a black person with no memory. — Chris Rock
They always try to make it like jocks discriminate against gay people. I've been a big proponent of gay marriage for a long time, because… — Charles Barkley
So, to say Obama is progress is saying that heâ€™s the first black person that is qualified to be president. Thatâ€™s not black progress. Thatâ€™s… — Chris Rock
I love that as a black person I've experienced not being a minority. I think that's helped me to combat the minority mentality people can… — David Oyelowo
Certainly I feel like I'm the tip of the arrow at times because certainly the national media wants to talk about the fact that I'm… — Tim Scott

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