- Music
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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
- Men
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- Nov 07, 2020
As N.Y.C. Public Advocate, I released a report that showed that stop-and-frisks of African Americans in 2012 were barely half as likely to yield a weapon as those of white New Yorkers - and a third less likely to yield contraband. Despite this evidence, the vast majority of those stopped are young black and Latino men.
- Lending
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- Nov 07, 2020
Groups that work in black neighborhoods around the country have contended that much of subprime lending is 'predatory lending.'
- Hero
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- Nov 07, 2020
In Atlanta, with a large African-American population, Sosa is often considered a black man. In Miami and Los Angeles, with larger Hispanic populations, he is a Latino man, and the black label is rejected as robbing Hispanics of a hero.
- Community
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- Nov 07, 2020
AIDS is a very, very, very vicious disease, particularly in the black community.
- Nov 07, 2020
I don't want to exclusively direct white films, or black films. I want to have a choice.
- Me
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- Nov 07, 2020
I was the first black director on 'Dallas.' I drove my car into the studio lot and the guard asked me who I was delivering to.
- Nov 07, 2020
I'm not interested in making 'black' movies. I'm interested in making movies that reflect reality as I perceive it.
- Me
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- Nov 07, 2020
It really upsets me that the media insists on turning 'Do the Right Thing' or 'Boyz N the Hood' into 'black films.' They are American films. They may open the window on the black experience, but they had things to say to everybody. That's why they were so successful.
- Being
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- Nov 07, 2020
I'm an American, but being a black American, my experience is a particular one, my struggles have been particular.
- Fat
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- Nov 07, 2020
The 'classic' pig is inspired by northern Italy. It is made up of meat and fat, rosemary and garlic, salt and lots of black pepper.
- Hollywood
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- Nov 07, 2020
In Hollywood through the 50s, there were black, English, and Middle European housekeepers and maids.
- Nov 07, 2020
I'm not a token black guy.
- Long
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- Nov 07, 2020
I'm a breath of fresh air, and there hasn't been something this black on TV for a very long time.
- Everyone
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- Nov 07, 2020