Black Quote by Russell Simmons Download Open image “You need Black [people] sometimes to understand things about Black culture.” — Russell Simmons ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ 3.6 out of 5 (5 ratings) Copy quoteShare Black Black culture Black people Culture Needs People Sometimes
Black culture is very difficult to explain to people who don't have any direct contact with it. — Jess Row Copy Share Image
[Black people] come into the world exactly like you. It's just that there are circumstances in the culture that are dictated and put on… — Denzel Washington Copy Share Image
Black culture, to me, is so important and I identify with young black women. — Gabriella Wilson Copy Share Image
One of the things that's interesting about black culture is we don't know about our heritage and about our genealogy because it was taken… — Xavier Woods Copy Share Image
We have to understand and explain to each other what blackness is. — Michael Eric Dyson Copy Share Image
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
If you're a black person in America, it's really hard to avoid being black. And what I mean is that the reality of your… — Cheo Hodari Coker Copy Share Image
I think sometimes what people miss about black people is that we're complicated, that we are indeed messy, that we do our best with… — Viola Davis Copy Share Image
I think sometimes what people miss about black people is that we're complicated. — Viola Davis Copy Share Image
I'm born into the cycle of giving that we're all born into, and I recognize it. So just because something is a good business,… — Russell Simmons Copy Share Image
If you don't break a hole through the brick wall, don't just start digging a new hole. Keep going until you break through that… — Russell Simmons Copy Share Image
A large portion of American citizens, especially people of color, have lost confidence in our criminal justice system. Many have called for appointing special… — Russell Simmons Copy Share Image
There's one overriding issue, namely, that we live in a police state so long as the police get to police themselves. And that is… — Russell Simmons Copy Share Image
I used to think anxiety and insomnia drove me to success, but it was the stillness that let me be good at anything. When… — Russell Simmons Copy Share Image
[Performing artists] are making greater percentages. People are going to live events more and it's a big success story for everyone - except the… — Russell Simmons Copy Share Image
I think I will always have a connection to young people, to try to bring their voices to the polls, bring their voices wherever… — Russell Simmons Copy Share Image
The best defense for any group of people is what we do to defend other people. — Russell Simmons Copy Share Image
Culture in America and everywhere else comes from the suffering, from those who don't want the old ways. They want to bring in the… — Russell Simmons Copy Share Image
I try to use my voice. I know that celebrity is valuable, and people do listen. — Russell Simmons 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
When you go to a club it's not about being black or white or heavy or thick. I'm shaking my ass because I want… — Miley Cyrus Copy Share Image
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