- American Lives
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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
- Criminality
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- Nov 07, 2020
A hoodie is worn by everybody: kids, white men, white women, black men. But it clings to the black body as a sign of criminality like nothing else.
- Life
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- Nov 07, 2020
How do you keep the black female body present, and how do you own value for something that society won't give value to? It's a question I try to answer through my own life.
- Another Way
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- Nov 07, 2020
There are two worlds out there - two Americas out there. If you're a white person, there's one way of being a citizen in our country, and if you're a brown or a black body, there's another way of being a citizen, and that way is very close to death. It's very close to the loss of your life.
- Love
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- Nov 07, 2020
I love that ageing rocker look, dressed in black and looking like you slept in your make-up.
- Look
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- Nov 07, 2020
I prefer to stick to my old-lady goth/Steve Tyler look. I've found my look - white lipstick, black eyeliner, black clothes.
- Colors
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- Nov 07, 2020
I like making black and white films in natural surroundings, but I much prefer shooting a color film inside a studio where the colors are easier to control.
- Police
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- Nov 07, 2020
With so much racial tension and issues between the police and black and minority ethnic groups, there needs to be more in-depth conversations if we're going to fix anything.
- First Time
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- Nov 07, 2020
The first time I ever saw a black audience at our concert, we were in Zimbabwe.
- White
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- Nov 07, 2020
You had your black bands, and you had your white bands, and if you mixed the two, you found less places to play.
- Nov 07, 2020
The myths that are created about the South, about the way we grew up, about black people, are wrong.
- Know
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- Nov 07, 2020
I certainly know about the oppression and prejudices of being black and a woman and from the South.
- Film And Television
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- Nov 07, 2020
I've become completely obsessed with Netflix original programming. 'House of Cards' and 'Orange is the New Black' are two of my new favorite shows. I also love having access to such an amazing library of film and television and have watched some truly enlightening documentaries.
- Song
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- Nov 07, 2020
I've had days when I go in my bedroom for 24 hours at a time. I call them my Cilla Black days, and they're literally black days. It's like the old Boomtown Rats song 'I Don't Like Mondays.' You just want to shut the whole day down.
- Enamored
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- Nov 07, 2020