- 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
- People
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- Nov 07, 2020
Usually, 'All Lives Matter' comes as a response to 'Black Lives Matter'; it doesn't exist in a vacuum. So when people say 'Black Lives Matter,' a lot of times the response 'All Lives Matter' can seem very condescending, dismissive to 'Black Lives Matter.'
- Me
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- Nov 07, 2020
I think that part of the issue here is when people hear 'Black Lives Matter,' sometimes they think that someone is saying your life doesn't matter, and that's not what 'Black Lives Matter,' at least to me, is saying.
- Myself
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- Nov 07, 2020
The reason why 'Black Lives Matter' is a chant is because a lot of people feel, myself included, that sometimes they don't matter.
- Long
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- Nov 07, 2020
When and under what conditions is the black man to have a free ballot? When is he in fact to have those full civil rights which have so long been his in law?
- Guess
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- Nov 07, 2020
I guess I rooted for the Creature from the Black Lagoon.
- Blue
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- Nov 07, 2020
We have judges in the American system and they take on a black robe where they are supposed to shield their partisan preferences. They are not red or blue state judges. They are judges.
- Death
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- Nov 07, 2020
I've diced with death the most cycling around London. Black cabs are far more dangerous than polar bears.
- Life
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- Nov 07, 2020
'The Butler' has virtually nothing in common with its source material, the life of White House butler Gene Allen, except for the fact that the main character of the film and Allen were both black butlers in the White House.
- Person
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- Nov 07, 2020
The vast majority of murdered whites are murdered by other whites. That's why there's no national outrage when a white person is killed by a black person: it's not evidence of some underlying black violence problem directed against white people.
- Happy
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- Nov 07, 2020
I'd be quite happy if cars were banned from central London. Why are we not using little tuk-tuks rather than big black cabs?
- Children
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- Nov 07, 2020
Our children need to see and hear about more black role models in many fields so they can make better choices.
- Life
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- Nov 07, 2020