Black person Quote by Jerrika Hinton

Why does every black person in the movies have to play a servant? How about a black person walking up the steps of a…

— Myrna Loy

In a law enforcement situation, black people are not always treated the same as white people would be.

— Ato Essandoh

Even in 2012, if there's a black character in the movies or on television that's a professional, if we even hear about their backgrounds…

— Anonymous

So much has to do with going beyond treating black people as cosmetic and symbolic items, as opposed to genuine personalities and human beings.…

— Cornel West

Over the generations, black leaders have ranged from noble souls to shameless charlatans.

— Thomas Sowell

I think that for the most part, black people specifically have sort of been used as props in TV shows as a way to…

— Lena Waithe

It's great to be black in Hollywood. When a black actor does something, it seems new and different just by virtue of the fact…

— Will Smith

There is a reason that many African Americans have a healthy mistrust for law enforcement. We don't always feel protected or served by that…

— Sterling K. Brown

We can see that the complexity we witness inside the African-American community today has always been there. Black people were just as noble and…

— Henry Louis Gates

Black people are often praised as heroes for saving a country that treats us like third-class citizens, yet when it comes to the fame,…

— Jason Johnson

Black Lives Matter is not just concerned with what happens in policing. The disregard, the disrespect, and the lack of dignity for black life…

— Alicia Garza

A lot of the time, you see all this ambition from these black actors, and it's just pouring off the screen. Because they don't…

— Elvis Mitchell