Black Quote by Orlando Jones Download Open image “I'm tired of cookie-cutter monolithic representation of black folks.” — Orlando Jones ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ 4.5 out of 5 (9 ratings) Copy quoteShare Black Folks Representation Tired
Quite frankly, black folks have always been at the core of what it's meant to make this nation human. — Alicia Garza Copy Share Image
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There is a tendency to want to treat blacks as a monolithic socioeconomic group. — William Julius Wilson Copy Share Image
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A lot of times, we talk about black people as if being black is all they are. They get up, go to work... and… — Margot Lee Shetterly Copy Share Image
We need to dismantle the systems that were built on racism, that were built on the backs of black people. — Zozibini Tunzi Copy Share Image
Blacks are tired of seeing whites saying, 'I understand you.' You need a black to direct a black film. — Melvin Van Peebles Copy Share Image
I became acutely aware of how important it is to separate the difference between who you are and who the character you're playing is. — Orlando Jones Copy Share Image
In New York, people are pretty cool, and you don't catch a lot of grief. But in certain spots, man, it's over. If I… — Orlando Jones Copy Share Image
There was a guy that was friends with my father, a very well-known and powerful hustler on the Eastern seaboard. He was a very… — Orlando Jones Copy Share Image
My father marched in Selma. My father was there in Alabama. That's where I was born. My birth certificate says 'colored.' It does not… — Orlando Jones Copy Share Image
The only reason I wanted to do 'MADtv' was because I grew up reading 'Mad Magazine' because I'm a comic-book nerd. — Orlando Jones Copy Share Image
People choose whatever projects they've seen that I've done over the years, and whichever one is their favorite is the only one they care… — Orlando Jones Copy Share Image
I've been in fandom for a really long time. Back in the day, you had to go to a con to engage in fandom,… — Orlando Jones Copy Share Image
I think it's impossible to be a young black male from the South, born to an era I was born in, and not have… — Orlando Jones Copy Share Image
Ultimately, the core premise of 'American Gods' is, 'What do you believe?' And how your beliefs can be manifested into reality. — Orlando Jones Copy Share Image
I wanted to write about voodoo tradition that I feel has been very important to survival of black people here: people of the African… — Jesmyn Ward Copy Share Image
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The vision of the left, full of envy and resentment, takes its worst toll on those at the bottom - whether black or white… — Thomas Sowell Copy Share Image
When you're scared - and I mean really scared, not just hearing a noise in the night, or standing toe to toe with someone… — Alexander Gordon Smith Copy Share Image
The term "black metal" has become a lot looser, or can include a larger range of sounds and extra-musical aesthetics, not just Satan and… — Colin Marston Copy Share Image
We have to build our own power. We have to win every single political office we can, where we have a majority of black… — Fannie Lou Hamer Copy Share Image
There is only one party in the United States, the Property Party...and it has two right wings: Republican and Democrat. Republicans are a bit… — Gore Vidal Copy Share Image
Black music has always known, and not been afraid to acknowledge just how high the stakes of Black thought are. To summarize the final… — Frank B. Wilderson III Copy Share Image
Hollywood is so fixated on keeping it that way because it's generating the buzz, but that representation isn't right. I definitely feel like it's… — John Boyega Copy Share Image
