Black people Quote by Cindy Milstein

When a country doesn't respect Black lives, maybe it doesn't deserve to be entertained by Black athletes.

— Jemele Hill

The reports of racial episodes are disturbing. But the players' protest is exhilarating because it is the most high-profile example to date in a…

— William C. Rhoden

There is a solidarity that black people can find in celebrating the athletic success of our own, especially in sports where our existence is…

— Clint Smith

Other countries get to support/cheer their athletes and everything is fine. As soon as I support Black American athletes, I get criticized.

— Floyd Mayweather

I still think that there's some kind of psychological investment in black athletes carrying the flag for "us" at times. So, sports [remains a]…

— George Elliott Clarke

I don't want to get involved in the racial situation at the expense of losing fans. I wouldn't say anything too strong but I…

— Jayne Mansfield

“It was only after Detroit that riots became known as primarily urban phenomena, ultimately centered on inner-city blacks venting their frustrations on the ghettos…

— Isabel Wilkerson

“Yet the average white person also has a responsibility. He has to resist the impulse to seize upon the rioter as the exclusive villain.…

— Martin Luther King Jr

Any time there's racism somewhere in sports, we should get it out of there because sports is a place where everything's supposed to be…

— Ice Cube

I strongly believe the black culture spends too much time, energy and effort raising, praising, and teasing our black children about the dubious glories…

— Arthur Ashe

When NASCAR drivers blast one another with their cars out of anger it isn't symptomatic of what's wrong with white people. So please don't…

— Jemele Hill

“As the historian David Krugler explains, “African Americans were not so much rioting as fighting back, counterattacking, repelling violence; above all, resisting.”79”

— James Forman Jr