Black people Quote by Ron Dellums

One principle I've been fighting for that doesn't endear me to a lot of people is that black people can be just as complicated…

— Henry Louis Gates

Black people have always been more than our pain. The joy is so much a part of how we have survived and thrived.

— DeRay Mckesson

Black people are on earth for one purpose: to destroy, and not to build. The reason: It's not in them to show respect to…

— Jesse Lee Peterson

Black people are tired, especially amongst black people. Tired of us seeing us kill each other, us go through that situation of lack of…

— Heavy D

I don't see black people as victims even though we are exploited. Victims are flat, one- dimensional characters, someone rolled over by a steamroller…

— Kristin Hunter

Once you dive into the African-American struggle or whatever you want to call it and you look past that, you realize that it's not…

— Joey Badass

I think that black Africa is extremely terrifying. Black Africa can become a maelstrom of warring tribes without the outside world needing to feel…

— John Keegan

We live in a world where black people are targeted for death and destruction, and we should not be surprised when moments such as…

— Patrisse Cullors

I think we have come to a place in black America, sadly from my point of view, where we have once again begun to…

— Shelby Steele

So many killings of black men in my lifetime. The physical shock is astounding.

— Alice Walker

I don't understand why black people have been so quiescent, so passive over the hundreds of years of American history. Why hasn't there been…

— John Edgar Wideman

Blacks who lack a proper killing rage are merely victims.

— bell hooks