- Think
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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
- Look
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- Nov 07, 2020
My dad was very, very invested in image. He felt that as a black person, the thing you could control was how did you look, how did you dress, how did you sound, how did you smell, how did you act. All of that stuff that you could control would absolutely have a strong impact on your access.
- Freedom
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- Nov 07, 2020
The Shawshank Redemption' isn't a movie about a black guy and a white guy who become friends - it's a movie about freedom. At the end, the cathartic experience of seeing our own emotions reflected back to us, that's the purpose of storytelling.
- Growing Up
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- Nov 07, 2020
The only black folks in town when I was growing up were me and my cousins and one other family.
- Power
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- Nov 07, 2020
There are some aspects of the story of 'Power' that clearly are about race in the sense that any one of us now who's black and was raised in this country was raised with a lie, which is, 'You can never be president.' That's not true.
- Cool
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- Nov 07, 2020
I think it's really cool that someone could have ovaries and the presidency. Growing up, I thought I could never be president because I was black and female. Now I know that's wrong. Within my own lifetime - that's different. Within my lifetime, interracial couples are more common. Within my own lifetime, biracial folks are able to claim that.
- Me
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- Nov 07, 2020
I am a black woman, and I'm proud of that, but as a showrunner, I want to think about what makes me unique beyond my race.
- Feeling
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- Nov 07, 2020
My parents were 30 years older than I was, and my parents had my brother and I ten years apart. My parents grew up in segregation, and they both lived in all-black neighborhoods and grew up with large black families. I didn't have any of that, and I didn't understand feeling so differently and being treated so differently.
- Power
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- Nov 07, 2020
When I was pitching 'Power,' I had an executive say, 'Well, I already have a black show.' He said that right to my face.
- Entertainment
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- Nov 07, 2020
I had very much wanted to be the very first black female editor-in-chief of 'Vogue.' Barring that, I wanted to work at 'Entertainment Weekly.'
- More
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- Nov 07, 2020
I'd say it's far more challenging to be female and be a showrunner. People are not surprised to see a black person running this show, but the female aspect is the thing that I get asked about.
- People
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- Nov 07, 2020
We use the word 'urban' to mean black or Latino, but that's not what the word means. It actually means 'from the city.' I'm not from the city. I'm from the suburbs of Connecticut. I grew up with mostly all white people.
- Deep
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- Nov 07, 2020
It goes back in the black community that the police are not your friends. That's an old, old, deep understanding that we have, that it's going to take a lot to undo that in our minds.
- Mouth
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- Nov 07, 2020
I guess I'm a black woman with a mouth.
- New
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- Nov 07, 2020
I was raised in a very religious home with two parents who were deeply involved in the black church. When I was young, I went to a small black AME church in New Jersey.
- Big Fan
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- Nov 07, 2020
I was a big fan of black gospel. As a kid, there were black groups I sang with from my teen years to my early 20s.
- Dark
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- Nov 07, 2020
I got into Dio when I was still quite young. I remember seeing the video for 'Rainbow In The Dark' on MTV. That was my first taste of Dio. It wasn't until years later that I realized he had this whole career with Rainbow and Black Sabbath and even going back to Elf. When I saw that video, it instantly became one of my favorite songs.
- Fear
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- Nov 07, 2020