African american Quote by Michael Emerson

Blacks have traditionally had to operate in a situation where whites have set themselves up as the custodians of the black experience.

— August Wilson

If you're African American, you are forced into making different choices, in a lot of cases, than you are as a white person.

— Daryl Hall

We still have to create things for African American women. Just like Tyler Perry is doing it, we can't wait for things to happen;…

— Kym Whitley

“how much more control and opportunities would African-Americans have if ownership was part of the mix and not just participation?”

— Ash Cash

There's no doubt that many of the mainstream white institutions tend to be cosmetic and symbolic when it comes to including African-Americans, whereas we…

— Cornel West

The African-American community still needs to come together as one and stand up for rights of the people and of what's happening in their…

— Ziggy Marley

There has been a struggle to reclaim the African self. That struggle has been on the part of a minority of dedicated African-Americans who…

— John Henrik Clarke

Black people have been working hard for decades.

— Cornel West

I realize there is a paucity of African-Americans in my position. Everywhere I go, people say, 'Don't mess this up. Don't forget about us.'…

— Stephen A. Smith

That one lesson that African American communities have learned over the centuries in America is that you can't just take for granted that things…

— Ben H. Winters

African-Americans are being disproportionately affected by, you know, the kind of misuse and abuse of power.

— Ras Baraka

It isn't like we don't work with you because you are white, or not want anything to do with you. It is more like…

— Bocafloja