Black people Quote by Steven Biko

“The role of the press in the civil rights movement also points to our larger failure as a nation to validate and trust the…

— Wesley Lowery

Let me say this: I only expect the black media to uphold the standards of excellence in journalism and when you do that, you…

— Bill Cosby

We are all impacted by the failings of a news media that almost always chooses which stories to cover according to the priorities and…

— Catherine Mayer

In the press, there's this desire for the black audience to be this monolithic thing that always responds to the same stars. That's a…

— Justin Simien

I don't think that anyone has been really created more by the white press than the civil right leaders.

— Malcolm X

The white press itself created civil right leaders.

— Malcolm X

The Press, which is mostly controlled by vested interests, has an excessive influence on public opinion.

— Albert Einstein

Few white citizens are acquainted with blacks other than those projected by the media and the so--called educational system, whichis nothing more than a…

— Ishmael Reed

If you write nonfiction, a historical account of what really happened, first of all, it's always white men who do that, and you don't…

— Isabel Allende

The media can really influence the way people think-and, ultimately, how minorities are perceived. If you have a person who is a lawyer or…

— Jimmy Smits

Since anti-racist individuals did not control mass media, the media became the primary tool that would be used and is still used to convince…

— Bell Hooks

Everybody wants to talk about black and white, when the situation is really about rich people against poor people.

— Charles Barkley