Black people Quote by Justin Simien

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

— Baron Vaughn

When the residue of oppression and fear are compounded over time, when the historical precedents of policing and discrimination manifest themselves over and over…

— Clint Smith

Black people in America have to, for their own protection, develop a defense mechanism, and I just grew terribly tired of it. When you…

— Randall Robinson

Sadly, black people disassociate ourselves from the things which make us who we are, identifying them as lesser, or inferior. It's a form of…

— Nate Parker

A lot of times, we talk about black people as if being black is all they are. They get up, go to work... and…

— Margot Lee Shetterly

[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

I think sometimes what people miss about black people is that we're complicated, that we are indeed messy, that we do our best with…

— Viola Davis

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

— Alicia Garza

It is hard for a black man to just be himself. We spend so much time in defense of something that is indefensible because…

— Kevin Eubanks

Black racism is a myth created by whites to ease their guilt feelings. As long as whites can be assured that blacks are racists,…

— James H. Cone

One principle I've been fighting for that doesn't endear me to a lot of people is that black people can be just as complicated…

— Henry Louis Gates

The way black people feel, especially, is if you're going to tell a black story, let it come from a real place.

— Algee Smith