Black Quote by Ishmael Reed

My generation of writers has been prone to premature illness and death, especially the women. When Black male writers meet it's like a session…

— Ishmael Reed

The liberal wing of the feminist movement may have improved the lives of its middle- and upper-class constituency--indeed, 1992 was the Year of the…

— Ishmael Reed

“From working with black males for more than a dozen years, I can say with confidence that many black males are both lazy and…

— Rev. Jesse Lee Peterson

“Once upon a time black male “cool” was defined by the ways in which black men confronted hardships of life without allowing their spirits…

— bell hooks

The criminalization of Black life was something specific to the United States in the post-Reconstruction period and there's something like it happening today with…

— Noam Chomsky

“I can say with confidence that many black males are both lazy and irresponsible. This view isn't popular with problem profiteers who”

— Rev. Jesse Lee Peterson

Given the inefficiencies of what D.C. laughingly calls the 'criminal justice system,' I think we can safely assume that 95 percent of the black…

— Ron Paul

The inspiration for this movie [Something New] was this Newsweek article that came out a couple of years ago that talks about 42.4 percent…

— Sanaa Lathan

I carry a lot of feminine energy as well as masculine energy, and that's the hit that people are getting. That vulnerable thing is…

— Laurence Fishburne

One of the burdens of being a black male is carrying the heavy weight of other people’s suspicions.

— Jonathan Capehart

I see many black males grasping for some thread of hope. There are so many destructive practices, glimpses into a psychic abyss. That must…

— Yusef Komunyakaa

It is extremely interesting to me that black males, and other black folk, are viewed as self-pitying, by either other blacks who have failed…

— Michael Eric Dyson