- 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
- Person
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- Nov 07, 2020
Does a black person make them an African American? No. There are Hispanics that are very, very dark skinned so the word has lost its meaning, it's not a very concise or proper word to use even today and it wasn't then.
- Great
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- Nov 07, 2020
Anyone can wear any color. The question is about finding the right shade. There is a momentary trend to dark colors because when the financials are not that great, people go for black, navy and grey.
- Crime
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- Nov 07, 2020
In the 1920s prohibition in the US notoriously failed to tackle alcohol use, led to lethal forms of liquor entering the black market, fuelled organised crime and its associated violence, and wasted public money.
- Crime
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- Nov 07, 2020
Here in Britain, black people are disproportionately targeted, arrested and imprisoned for drug offences, while organised and violent crime are granted a massive source of revenue.
- Dress
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- Nov 07, 2020
Steve Buscemi is the little black dress of cinema, appropriate for any occasion.
- Joy
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- Nov 07, 2020
I find, in being black, a thing of beauty: a joy; a strength; a secret cup of gladness.
- Love
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- Nov 07, 2020
I have different styles of shoe for different dances and I love sneakers, flats, platforms, heels, boots. Especially my thigh-high black leather boots from Kurt Geiger.
- Money
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- Nov 07, 2020
There was a guy that was friends with my father, a very well-known and powerful hustler on the Eastern seaboard. He was a very interesting guy who would literally rent a passenger van and would take the poor kids from the ghettos and black neighborhoods down to the sporting goods store and just spend money. Buy them whatever they want.
- Born
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- Nov 07, 2020
My father marched in Selma. My father was there in Alabama. That's where I was born. My birth certificate says 'colored.' It does not say I'm African-American or black. So for me, those are real realities that are not subject to opinion.
- Born
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- Nov 07, 2020
I think it's impossible to be a young black male from the South, born to an era I was born in, and not have a clear sense of what race really means in the country.
- People
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- Nov 07, 2020
I have two younger brothers, and I know my parents have spoken to them about driving and interacting with police. They didn't have those conversations with me, but they did have conversations about being exceptional black people.
- American Experience
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- Nov 07, 2020
The black immigrant experience in the U.S. must be understood not in contrast to the African American experience but as an integral part of it.
- Leadership
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- Nov 07, 2020
Fortunately, the leadership of black immigrant communities has always been present in all black liberation movements from leaders like Marcus Garvey to Shirley Chisholm to Malcolm X and Harry Belafonte. We know this is our legacy.
- Fight
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- Nov 07, 2020
Black immigrants and refugees have just as much at stake in the fight to make Black Lives Matter as African Americans do.
- People
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- Nov 07, 2020
Black people, we are fully deserving of the room and space to fully express our humanity. This is what Black Lives Matter is truly about.
- Force
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- Nov 07, 2020