Black Youth Quotes
8 quotes by 7 authors
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New York white youth were killing victims; that was a 'sociological' problem. But when black youth killed somebody, the power structure was looking to hang…
— Malcolm X
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We need to eradicate the slander that says a black youth with a book is acting white.
— Barack Obama
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So, rap has that quality, for youth anyway; it's a kind of blues element. It's physical, almost gymnastic. It speaks to you organically. Rap grows…
— Archie Shepp
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If I use the media, even with tricks, to publicize a black youth being shot in the back in Teaneck, New Jersey... then I should…
— Al Sharpton
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I am often asked why I started to write poetry. The answer is that my motivation sprang from a visceral need to creatively articulate the…
— Linton Kwesi Johnson
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I was all-state in four sports in New Jersey, but sometimes I couldn't get served at a restaurant two blocks from my high school. There…
— Monte Irvin
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Body piercing and baggy clothes express identity among black youth, and not just beginning with hip-hop culture. Moreover, young black entrepreneurs like Sean 'P. Diddy'…
— Michael Eric Dyson
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Hip hop music is important precisely because it sheds light on contemporary politics, history, and race. At its best, hip hop gives voice to marginal…
— Michael Eric Dyson
Who Wrote These Black Youth Quotes
7 authors contributed a total of 8 Black Youth Quotes as follows: