Black people Quote by Opal Tometi

Most people who are not of color, their parents didn't need to tell them how to act around police or what to do if…

— Booker T

You know what they say: 'Once you go black, your parents don't talk to you anymore.

— Amy Schumer

“Racism is not merely a simplistic hatred. It is, more often, broad sympathy toward some and broader skepticism toward others. Black America ever lives…

— Ta-Nehisi Coates

As a black man, you learn at an early age the police are not your friends.

— Malik Yoba

My brothers and I were raised by our parents to respect everyone regardless of background or race.

— Alan Wilson

I talked to a lot of Black Lives activists in various states. What I learned is that the relationship of police departments around the…

— Bernie Sanders

Kids that I went to school with didn't know how to interact with black people like that. There were only, like, three or four…

— Big Sean

I sit my three sons down and say, 'Listen to me. When the police stop you, immediately comply. Don't walk away, don't smart-mouth; get…

— Steve Harvey

My parents were 30 years older than I was, and my parents had my brother and I ten years apart. My parents grew up…

— Courtney A. Kemp

You know, growing up, I lived in a neighborhood in Long Island where there was basically one black family. And I remember hearing all…

— Lorraine Bracco

My black friends never asked me how much money I made, or what school my children went to, or anything like that. They just…

— James McBride

And, for example, like, when you're having the conversation with your child about getting their driver's license. Well, a white family - their biggest…

— Regina King