Black youth Quote by David Lammy

Young black men in this country have to understand that they have a responsibility. They cannot be the enemy in their own neighborhoods and…

— Jim Brown

Young people are constantly absorbing - through media, textbooks, and policy - the myths of American exceptionalism; for black children, this means that what…

— Clint Smith

“When black folk say “Black Lives Matter,” they are in search of simple recognition. That they are decent human beings, that they aren’t likely…

— Michael Eric Dyson

It is my view that if society was doing the right thing with respect to you, [and there were] programs targeted at helping people…

— Barack Obama

“LAZY AND IRRESPONSIBLE This isn't a politically correct position to have, but I'm convinced that the lack of moral character in many black men…

— Rev. Jesse Lee Peterson

“There is a belief advanced today, and in some cases by conservative black authors, that poor children and particularly black children should not be…

— Jonathan Kozol

The tendency to conformity in our society is so strong that reasonably intelligent and well-meaning young people are willing to call white black. This…

— Solomon Asch

Black college-educated people got to where they are on the backs of domestic help, meaning their parents and grandparents. So people should not forget…

— Esther Rolle

The establishment has learned how to co-opt identity politics to put the brakes on economic progress and justice. So I would say if you…

— Jimmy Dore

Blacks have been in the position of having to rebel since day one. It's only natural. Black people are the lowest on the totem…

— Laurence Fishburne

“What would the black community be if we taught our children love, family values, self-respect, nonviolence, how to manage money, how to speak up…

— Lashaunda K. Jackson-Williams

Some schools have decided to openly support the anti-capitalist Black Lives Matter group - often fully aware that they have the statutory duty to…

— Kemi Badenoch