- Conversation
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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
- Proud
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- Nov 07, 2020
I'm a black American, and I'm proud to represent who and where I'm from - unapologetically. There's no shame in my game.
- Look
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- Nov 07, 2020
If you want to see a black hole tonight, tonight just look in the direction of Sagittarius, the constellation. That's the center of the Milky Way Galaxy and there's a raging black hole at the very center of that constellation that holds the galaxy together.
- Love
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- Nov 07, 2020
I love black and yellow. Black and yellow is Batman; black and yellow is Spongebob!
- Men
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- Nov 07, 2020
In 2004, there were more black men disenfranchised than in 1870 - the year the 15th Amendment was ratified, prohibiting laws that deny the right to vote exclusively on the basis of race.
- History
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- Nov 07, 2020
The extraordinary nature of individual black achievement in formerly white domain certainly does suggest that the old Jim Crow is dead, but it doesn't necessarily mean the end of racial caste - if history is any guide, it may have just taken a different form.
- Mass
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- Nov 07, 2020
The success of the few does not excuse the caste-like system that exists for many. In fact, black exceptionalism - the high-profile, highly visible examples of the black success - actually serves to justify and rationalize mass incarceration.
- Love
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- Nov 07, 2020
The love affair between black folks and the Clintons has been going on for a long time. It began back in 1992, when Bill Clinton was running for president. He threw on some shades and played the saxophone on 'The Arsenio Hall Show.' It seems silly in retrospect, but many of us fell for that.
- Mindset
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- Nov 07, 2020
Our criminal-justice system has for decades been infected with a mindset that views black boys and men in particular as a problem to be dealt with, managed, and controlled.
- Group
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- Nov 07, 2020
Black men with criminal records are the most severely disadvantaged group in the labor market.
- Crime
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- Nov 07, 2020
In this country, we force millions of people - who are largely black and brown - into a permanent second-class status simply because they once committed a crime.
- Man
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- Nov 07, 2020
Just because a black man is running the RNC doesn't mean black folks are going to, 'Oh, OK, I will be a Republican.' Just as with the election of President Obama. All the problems and concerns that are very important to African Americans don't get solved overnight.
- Men
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- Nov 07, 2020
I knew from experience at the Negro Ensemble Company that it wasn't until there was a place controlled by black artists... that Pulitzer Prize-winning work like 'Ceremonies in Dark Old Men' and 'A Soldier's Play' came to fruition.
- Great
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- Nov 07, 2020
There's a great deal of disturbance in this country and how black feel about what happened in Katrina, and, you know, many of the comics, many of performers are in Las Vegas and New Orleans trying to raise money for what happened there.
- Nothing
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- Nov 07, 2020
Personally, I'm very classic. If I'm going to wear a suit, it's going to be classic, black, and fit very well. There's nothing like it.
- Meaning
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- Nov 07, 2020
The larger meaning here is that mainstream journalists simply cannot talk about things that the two parties agree on; this is the black hole of American politics.
- Place
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- Nov 07, 2020