Black Quote by Salim Akil Download Open image “We don't have a lot of black superheroes.” — Salim Akil ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ 4.3 out of 5 (4 ratings) Copy quoteShare Black Black Superheroes Lot Lot Black Superheroes
Let's face it: there aren't a lot of black superheroes. So, in dealing with a black superhero, you're going to deal with ugly history… — Cheo Hodari Coker Copy Share Image
What really, really inspires me is that you don't see many black superheroes on television. — Adrian Younge Copy Share Image
There aren't a lot of African-American superheroes. I've been reading comics since I was eight or nine years old. Luke Cage stood out. — Cheo Hodari Coker Copy Share Image
When you're a black superhero you can't erase the notion that you're black. — Cheo Hodari Coker Copy Share Image
I feel like we need to make new superheroes, African-American superheroes, that people would accept. — Terry Crews Copy Share
Black writers seldom get the opportunity to write superhero stories. — Cheo Hodari Coker Copy Share Image
It may be that a majority of superheroes are white males. But that's because they used to all be white males, except for Wonder… — Neal Adams Copy Share Image
In most superhero shows, the superhero is pretty young. He's in his 20s; he's single. 'Black Lightning' is a man who's middle-aged, going through… — Nafessa Williams Copy Share Image
I don't believe that superman and batman are the only superheroes, we are heroes too. — Wazim Shaw Copy Share Image
It's important to the world to see superheroes that are spread across our demographic. — Adrian Younge Copy Share Image
I think that people in America, unfortunately or fortunately, are just discovering different aspects of the humanity of African-American people. And so I think… — Salim Akil Copy Share Image
Jefferson Pierce is the epitome of what black men are: He loves his wife, his children, and the community. — Salim Akil Copy Share Image
Michael Schultz's 'Cooley High' is a classic. Oftentimes, we don't get to see films about coming of age, especially for young African Americans. — Salim Akil Copy Share Image
As an artist, I write and I do what I know and what creatively comes out of me, and I think that other artists… — Salim Akil Copy Share Image
Every time I get an opportunity to do what I love to do, it's huge. It never gets old. — Salim Akil Copy Share Image
When you're young, taking a risk doesn't necessarily feel like a risk because you're young. — Salim Akil Copy Share Image
I don't walk around all the time thinking of myself as African American, but oftentimes in Hollywood, you are reminded of that in ways… — Salim Akil Copy Share Image
It's a wonderful thing to see 'Wonder Woman' directed by a woman. That did have an affect on the character, the , and the… — Salim Akil Copy Share Image
There are so many families who do not come up in a traditional household. African Americans, Latins, and, I'm sure, whites as well, but… — Salim Akil Copy Share Image
Come election time, black and white politicians put on their costumes of compassion and care, shake black hands, kiss black babies, sing 'We Shall… — Salim Akil Copy Share Image
When you see a superhero that looks like you and lives in and fights in a neighborhood that is sort of like yours, it's… — Salim Akil Copy Share Image
It doesn't make sense to constantly talk about the lack of diversity in Hollywood. We all know it's there. My wife and I just… — Salim Akil Copy Share Image
If you bury me in a grave, don't ever come visit - because you won't find me there. You'll find me in the books… — Salim Akil 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
