- Life
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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
- Me
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- Nov 07, 2020
My ideal kinda guy, if I was really gonna go there even though he's married, is Mark Wahlberg. To me he's a little black and white, the kinda guy who would understand if I pull my weave out.
- People
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- Nov 07, 2020
A lot of black people believe that Jews in this country have become white. They behave like white people rather than Jewish people.
- Constant
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- Nov 07, 2020
Black boys became criminalized. I was in constant dread for their lives, because they were targets everywhere. They still are.
- Literature
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- Nov 07, 2020
Black literature is taught as sociology, as tolerance, not as a serious, rigorous art form.
- Complicity
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- Nov 07, 2020
Black people are victims of an enormous amount of violence. None of those things can take place without the complicity of the people who run the schools and the city.
- Buffer
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- Nov 07, 2020
Black people have always been used as a buffer in this country between powers to prevent class war.
- People
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- Nov 07, 2020
For a long time I was convinced that the conflict between Jewish people and black people in this country was a media event.
- Poor
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- Nov 07, 2020
I don't think anybody cares about unwed mothers unless they're black or poor. The question is not morality, the question is money. That's what we're upset about.
- Demons
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- Nov 07, 2020
I'm always annoyed about why black people have to bear the brunt of everybody else's contempt. If we are not totally understanding and smiling, suddenly we're demons.
- Education
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- Nov 07, 2020
There is nothing of any consequence in education, in the economy, in city planning, in social policy that does not concern black people.
- Person
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- Nov 07, 2020
Blacks don't square dance. If you see a black person square dancing, it is definitely the seventh sign.
- Me
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- Nov 07, 2020
If I was black or Hispanic, I wouldn't get any criticism. Because I'm white, people expect so much more out of me. That's a little unfair, but life isn't fair.
- Loved
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- Nov 07, 2020
My very first story, I was around 5, and I really just wrote myself. When I was 5, I loved myself so much I gave myself a twin named Tomi. Everything started out fine. But then I didn't write another black character until I was 18.
- Freshman Year
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- Nov 07, 2020