- Picture
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- Nov 07, 2020
Black Quotes
Black holes, bias, and belonging, all in one word.
This collection ranges from cosmic curiosity about black holes and possibility to a pointed observation about racial conditioning and who gets blamed for problems. For quotes on subtler, quieter qualities, see Mystery quotes.
- Last Updated on May 30, 2021
- Experience
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- Nov 07, 2020
I thought that, as a black audience member, I would like to see something that reflected an experience that's not normally exhibited in documentaries, or is so much about black people as victims in this country, and black people not taking control of their own lives and their own destinies.
- Politics
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- Nov 07, 2020
You know what? As a black person, you see so much racism. Films are no different than the government, politics - it's everywhere. It's not exclusively film. It's infuriating to see it in film. But my being in film changes things.
- Place
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- Nov 07, 2020
Berry was a transitional and, to my mind, revolutionary black figure who had to find a place for the rage that the crucible of racism created.
- Churning
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- Nov 07, 2020
When I heard 'Back to Black' from Amy Winehouse, I was, like, 'Wow.' To hear such a soulful voice that feels like it's from a different era, I mean, it felt so fresh and unique, and that was something that opened my eyes and made me believe that it's not always about churning out the same thing in this industry.
- Fight
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- Nov 07, 2020
We are the only class in history that has been left to fight its battles alone, unaided by the ruling powers. White labor and the freed black men had their champions, but where are ours?
- Like
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- Nov 07, 2020
I wear a lot of black. Like my heart.
- Journey
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- Nov 07, 2020
It was to carry the American democratic journey beyond these failings that Black citizens and civil rights workers risked unemployment, violence and death.
- Nov 07, 2020
I'm in a generation where MAC is the reigning brand for a lot of women - black, white, and other.
- Body
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- Nov 07, 2020
What America demands in her black champions is a brilliant, powerful body and a dull, bestial mind.
- White
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- Nov 07, 2020
There are not many males, black or white, who wish to get involved with a woman who's committed to her own development.
- Discrimination
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- Nov 07, 2020
Affirmative action is the most important antidiscrimination technique ever instituted in the United States. It is the one tool that has had a demonstrable effect on discrimination... Affirmative action, by all statistical measures, has been the central ingredient to the creation of the black middle class.
- People
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- Nov 07, 2020