Black people Quote by David Olusoga

I think black Americans expect too much from individual black Americans in terms of changing the status quo.

— Kareem Abdul-Jabbar

I don't mind being black. I'm black out loud. It's more than the people that they are, it's the condition that they represent.

— Mos Def

Blacks should feel fortunate to be citizens of this country. We are blessed, not enslaved, and those who say otherwise are enslaved only by…

— Jesse Lee Peterson

[Black people] come into the world exactly like you. It's just that there are circumstances in the culture that are dictated and put on…

— Denzel Washington

Trust me, Black folks are tired of always having to save this country from itself and then being ignored once the winner of their…

— Jonathan Capehart

There are many positive things to say about the black community. No question about it.

— William Julius Wilson

Negroes aren't seeking anything which is not good for the nation as well as ourselves. In order for America to be 100 percent strong…

— Jackie Robinson

Quite frankly, black folks have always been at the core of what it's meant to make this nation human.

— Alicia Garza

Black people have to define who we are, or others do it for us.

— Baron Vaughn

Most so-called 'black' people do not feel themselves at liberty to simply turn off or ignore their allotted racial designation, whether they would like…

— Thomas Chatterton Williams

Most blacks are happy, except those who have had other ideas pushed into their ears.

— P. W. Botha

Everybody else is out being themselves at work, so I don't understand why black people have to change the way they talk in order…

— Deon Cole