Blacks Quotes

323 quotes by 248 authors

If men were equal in America, all these Poles and English and Czechs and blacks, then they were equal everywhere, and there was really no… — Michael Shaara
[Educated blacks] Society refuses to consider them genuine Negroes. The Negro is a savage, whereas the student is civilized. "You're us," and if anyone thinks… — Frantz Fanon
The snow drifted down and down, all in ghostly silence, and lay thick and unbroken on the ground. It was a place of whites and… — George R. R. Martin
At the time of his death, Biko had a wife and three children for which he left a letter that stated in one part: â€œI've… — Steven Biko
We've got to show that blacks and whites are treated equally in the army. Otherwise, what's the point of waging war on Hitler? — Josephine Baker
We cannot hope, then, in this generation, or for several generations, that the mass of the whites can be brought to assume that close sympathetic… — W. E. B. Du Bois
Because of the Civil Rights movement, new doors of opportunity and education swung open for everybody ... Not just for blacks and whites, but also… — Barack Obama
Few whites are ready to actively promote civil rights for blacks. — Derrick Bell
For two centuries, the South has feared a takeover by blacks or the feds. In Obama, they have both. — Maureen Dowd
Given the historical power differential between blacks and whites, blacks are required to be attentive to the way their white counterparts see themselves in relation… — James A. Forbes
There is a tendency to want to treat blacks as a monolithic socioeconomic group. — William Julius Wilson
During the Great Depression, African Americans were faced with problems that were not unlike those experienced by the most disadvantaged groups in society. The Great… — William Julius Wilson
We were taught in school, and I was taught at home and in church, that blacks and whites were equal and we should not discriminate… — Kevin DeYoung
Blacks who lack a proper killing rage are merely victims. — bell hooks
The ethic of liberal individualism has so deeply permeated the psyches of blacks... of all classes that we have little support for a political ethic… — bell hooks
I used to work in the cotton fields a lot when I was young. There were a lot of African Americans working out there. A… — Willie Nelson
The true Islam has shown me that a blanket indictment of all white people is as wrong as when whites make blanket indictments against blacks. — Malcolm X
Russians not only vehemently despise blacks, they believe Africa begins at the Ukraine border. — P.J. O'Rourke
We must recognize that all the civil rights laws in the world are not going to solve the problem of minority underachievement. Ultimately, blacks and… — Richard Lamm
Any successful black person will have to face suspicion within his or her own community about his or her loyalty to other blacks. — Randall Kennedy

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