Black-men Quote by Nijiama Smalls

“Black men are also notorious for posing as cool and above-it-all instead of expressing joy and happiness. This is one of the masks that…

— Jor-El Caraballo

“Self-care is not a perfect journey. Different factors and barriers, including mental ones, get in the way of self-care. Even when armed with the…

— Jor-El Caraballo

“While the patriarchal boys in hip-hop crew may talk about keeping it real, there has been no musical culture with black men at the…

— bell hooks

“Sociologically, politically, psychologically, spiritually, it was never enough for James Baldwin to categorize himself as one thing or the other: not just black, not…

— Aberjhani

“Daddy once told me there's a rage passed down to every black man from his ancestors, born the moment they couldn't stop the slave…

— Angie Thomas

“The reality is that many Black men in the household are conditioned to see that their sole responsibility as a parent is to provide…

— Anonymous

“Since 1865, when the [Thirteenth] Amendment was passed, Black men were getting charged, set up, arrested, and convicted for the pettiest of offenses--like child…

— Amy Watkins

“There is plenty of work that needs to be done by men to dismantle patriarchy”

— Malebo Sephodi

“As a Black man and therapist, I know that the ways we heal may look different from the ways mainstream wellness talks about health.…

— Jor-El Caraballo

“The literature on African-American men’s health has often been informed by a “health behavior framework” as opposed to a “social determinants of health framework.”

— Clare Xanthos

“The attendant looked at Camilo, looked at Link, blandly, incuriously. Link thought, In New York all the black boys who go in for what…

— Ann Petry

“Practicing mindfulness can seem abstract at first. It certainly was to me. But what I’ve learned is that when we use the senses we…

— Jor-El Caraballo