Attention Quote by Chuck D

I think it's really important that we understand the ways in which blackness plays out, right, and discrimination against black people impacts different communities…

— Opal Tometi

Sometimes black people really want to hold onto our oppression - 'This is ours! This belongs to us.' You can't just talk about equality…

— Wanda Sykes

The black community can be competitive and cautious when it comes to those we want put on display for the world to see and…

— Karamo Brown

When the world's moving towards being the most inclusive it's ever been, it's unthinkable that certain basic aspects of life are still so unfair…

— Troy Deeney

I think the black community is no different from any other community. We need to take responsibility for how we live together. We need…

— Pearl Cleage

I've been blessed with the opportunity to express the views of black people who otherwise don't have access to power and the media. I…

— Spike Lee

As blacks, all we got is sports and entertainment. That's the only way out the hood sometimes.

— Trey Songz

“Inclusion on race has been a very different journey, and I worry that for all the progress we have made, we are stuck in…

— Dan Rather

There are a lot of black men doing really well, taking care of their families, taking care of their wives, being successful, doing the…

— Thomas Jones

Not all of us are as effective as we could be, should be, or need to be, but some of the [most important] issues…

— Michael C Dawson

I will probably have a tendency to lean toward trying to resolve the issues that negatively impact black people, but the overall picture and…

— David Banner

It is our experience that the nation doesn't move around questions of genuine equality for the poor and for black people until it is…

— Martin Luther King, Jr