Ability Quote by Michael Eric Dyson

What sets black people apart is not some deficit in personal responsibility. It's the weight on our shoulders. That is what's actually different. We…

— Ta-Nehisi Coates

I do think that it's a responsibility when there are so few of us as African Americans to kind of get to that place…

— Misty Copeland

I'm black, I don't feel burdened by it and I don't think it's a huge responsibility. It's part of who I am. It does…

— Oprah Winfrey

I think the black community is no different from any other community. We need to take responsibility for how we live together. We need…

— Pearl Cleage

Normally, 'black responsibility' is a forbidden phrase for a black leader -- not because blacks reject responsibility, but because even the idea of black…

— Shelby Steele

Governmental intervention and personal responsibility are not mutually exclusive issues, but they do frame a 'do it ourselves' vs. 'what are you doing for…

— John Ridley

I feel a responsibility to continue creating complex roles for black women, especially young black women.

— Katori Hall

I really feel a sense of responsibility first as a creation of a force that I call God, that's bigger than myself. And because…

— Oprah Winfrey

We have a responsibility to do better as black people in this country. I don't care how white people look at you - I…

— Killer Mike

“The key to the future for blacks is a commitment to America and its ideals of freedom, personal responsibility, the free enterprise system, and…

— Rev. Jesse Lee Peterson

Black women's feelings of responsibility for nurturing the children in their own extended family networks have stimulated a more generalized ethic of care where…

— Patricia Hill Collins

As a young, Black man, I absolutely feel responsible.

— Kofi Siriboe