Young Black Quotes

61 quotes by 52 authors

It's almost like a lot of black people in America, a lot of young black men, are born with this cloud over their heads. It's… — Erykah Badu
One of the tragedies of the struggle against racism is that up to now there has been no national organization which could speak to the… — Stokely Carmichael
I just wish all these young black kids would realize how significant it is to stop acting a fool out there, killing each other, not… — Charles Barkley
Frankly, I don't think you should perform in a plaza where thousands of Cubans have been subjected to the death penalty, by firing squad, including… — Zoe Valdes
I learned to slip back and forth between my black and white worlds. One of those tricks I had learned: People were satisfied so long… — Barack Obama
If Iâ€™m a young black man in South Central L.A., where poverty is rampant and unemployment is skyrocketing, I see that Washingtonâ€™s promises of a… — Bryant Gumbel
There are a lot of young black girls who I meet in my travels who don't have a lot of self-esteem. So if I communicate… — Lauryn Hill
All my friends were in the park smoking weed and getting pregnant. I didn't want to be the young black girl having a baby, a… — Foxy Brown
The only crime I'm guilty of is being a young black woman — Foxy Brown
What really drives the battle against law enforcement and punishment is not a commitment to treatment, but the widely held view that, first, we are… — John P. Walters
The epidemic is truly black-on-black crime. The greatest danger to the lives of young black men are young black men. — C.L. Bryant
Politics is work. Hiphop is music. The idea that hiphop, because it makes the body feel good to move to it and it makes the… — John H. McWhorter
The saddest fact I've learned is nobody matters less to our society than young black women. Nobody. — Jim DeRogatis
People are gonna look up to me because I'm young, black, and female. — Aaliyah
Welfare has destroyed the African-American family by telling young black women that husbands and fathers are unnecessary and obsolete. â€¦ We have incentivized fornication rather… — Bryan Fischer
The United States imprisons a larger percentage of its black population than South Africa did at the height of apartheid. In Washington, D.C., our nationâ€™s… — Michelle Alexander
The fact that more than half of the young black men in any large American city are currently under the control of the criminal justice… — Michelle Alexander
My first film goes into production in October. It's called White Boy Shuffle and it's based on a novel about a young black kid and… — Ryan Phillippe
I want people to follow their dreams, yes but I'm not interested in telling young black kids how to be rappers I want to show… — J. Cole
A system in which legal police shootings of unarmed civilians are a common occurrence is a system that has some serious flaws. In this case,… — Matthew Yglesias

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