Humanity Quote by Kehinde Wiley

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

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

For years, I've been painting black men as a way to respond to the reality of the streets. I've asked black men to show…

— Kehinde Wiley

If you see black people being portrayed in this one way well then, when you see a black person in real life, you're going…

— KiKi Layne

If I'm a cop, and every time I see a young black youth - whether I watch them on TV, movies, or just see…

— Rza

Any time a black person has the audacity to tell everybody else that they're also human beings, they are confronted with all kinds of…

— Justin Simien

This is really honest: I have to remind myself not to look another black man as a threat.

— Demetrius Shipp, Jr

We have a lot of black British men who are killing it: John Boyega, Stormzy, Anthony Joshua, Tinie Tempah, and Idris Elba, of course.…

— MNEK

I think we have come to a place in black America, sadly from my point of view, where we have once again begun to…

— Shelby Steele

There's an anecdote that's really been sticking with me: To be a Black man in America, you are born into the horror genre. You…

— Jonathan Majors

[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

To be raised as a man of color in America - especially a black man, and particularly a very dark black man - is…

— Cord Jefferson