- Confidence
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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
Honestly, I had a very realistic, probably pessimistic outlook at the beginning of my career post-graduation of drama school. In general, I would see black women, usually older, playing a certain archetype on procedural shows. I thought, 'Okay, that's what I have to look forward to.'
- People
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- Nov 07, 2020
Choices of right or wrong are not presented to you in black and white. If they were, I'm sure most people would choose white.
- Fly
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- Nov 07, 2020
I decided blacks should not have to experience the difficulties I had faced, so I decided to open a flying school and teach other black women to fly.
- Time
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- Nov 07, 2020
Every time you see a black romance, it's over-the-top. There always has to be extreme hostility between the sexes. He has to cheat. She has to show him how independently strong she is, not just as a woman but as a black woman.
- People
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- Nov 07, 2020
Like a lot of black people, I grew up straight po'. Wasn't no question about whether we was po', either. If you really wanted to know, all you had to do was look in our refrigerator.
- Dive
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- Nov 07, 2020
I always wanted to scuba dive. I used to scuba dive undercover like black Aquaman.
- Music
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- Nov 07, 2020
Motown was about music for all people - white and black, blue and green, cops and the robbers. I was reluctant to have our music alienate anyone.
- First
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- Nov 07, 2020
I wear the same black suit. I have five of them. I pair them with a red scarf. I was wearing a red scarf when I won the first architectural competition of my career.
- People
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- Nov 07, 2020
When the culture is strong, you've got this consistency where black people can grow up in these places with this voice just resonating about our special-ness in the universe. And I always say you're in trouble if you get too far away from that core that grounds you.
- Grips
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- Nov 07, 2020
Thank God for the efforts of Black Lives Matter - we've seen an awakening in this era in a way we didn't see in Daddy's era in terms of people coming to grips with white privilege.
- Long
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- Nov 07, 2020
The black community has been the foundation of the progressive community in this country for a long time.
- People
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- Nov 07, 2020
There's sort of a persistent misperception that talking about race is black folk's burden. Ultimately, only men can end sexism, and only white people can end racism.
- Matter
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- Nov 07, 2020