Black Quote by Marian Wright Edelman

I've been blessed with the opportunity to express the views of black people who otherwise don't have access to power and the media. I…

— Spike Lee

Since anti-racist individuals did not control mass media, the media became the primary tool that would be used and is still used to convince…

— Bell Hooks

There's so many, 'no, black people aren't like that' barriers in mainstream media.

— Issa Rae

Black people watch more television than anybody else, which makes it legitimate to talk about television. Its anesthetizing effect has been quite real. But…

— Michael Eric Dyson

As black people we were out to further our equality. I don't pay attention to the controversial connotations put on by media and the…

— Chuck D

What we have to do is get the corporations to understand you must include African-American-owned media.

— Byron Allen

The Black Lives Matter movement is stronger when non-black people step up for it.

— Demba Ba

The images that people see in the media of black people - whether journalistic or narrative - remain horrible. And those images, combined with…

— Harry Lennix

There's a dearth of media around young black women and certainly a dearth of LGBT media for people of color.

— Dee Rees

In general, the mass media tell us that black people are not loving, that our lives are so fraught with violence and aggression that…

— bell hooks

The black community can be competitive and cautious when it comes to those we want put on display for the world to see and…

— Karamo Brown

Black women come with all sorts of personalities. So it's time for media to wise up and show us in all of our complexity.

— Franchesca Ramsey