- Experience
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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
- Pain
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- Nov 07, 2020
I think black women feel an obligatory pressure to be stronger than everybody else, not necessarily to suppress the pain.
- Mother
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- Nov 07, 2020
My mother and father taught me about black excellence and dynasty. They experienced racism personally, and when something like that happens to you and not around you, you develop a different perception than someone who has never experienced racism a day in their lives.
- People
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- Nov 07, 2020
Black people lived right by the railroad tracks, and the train would shake their houses at night. I would hear it as a boy, and I thought: I'm gonna make a song that sounds like that.
- Complexities
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- Nov 07, 2020
Finally, the complexities of black relationships are being portrayed in television and film.
- Hate
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- Nov 07, 2020
I'm obsessed with broccoli, carrots, celery, string beans, snap peas, black kale, brussels sprouts, cabbage - I could go on! They used to call me 'rabbit' when I was a kid. I hate mushrooms, though. I apologize to fungi lovers, but this way, there's more for you!
- Important
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- Nov 07, 2020
Working with Benny was important for me and for black musicians in general.
- Black And White
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- Nov 07, 2020
Black and white players hadn't appeared together in public before Teddy Wilson and I began working with B.G.
- Great
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- Nov 07, 2020
I wrote two poems about the '81 uprisings: 'Di Great Insohreckshan' and 'Mekin Histri.' I wrote those two poems from the perspective of those who had taken part in the Brixton riots. The tone of the poem is celebratory because I wanted to capture the mood of exhilaration felt by black people at the time.
- Each Individual
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- Nov 07, 2020
Being transgender, like being gay, tall, short, white, black, male, or female, is another part of the human condition that makes each individual unique, and something over which we have no control. We are who we are in the deepest recesses of our minds, hearts and identities.
- Nov 07, 2020
We have to reach out to younger audiences. They need to see how they can see themselves as black women.
- People
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- Nov 07, 2020
For generations, even many otherwise decent white Southerners learned to despise black people.
- Nov 07, 2020
Liberals believe they own the franchise on minorities and can't stand any Hispanic or black who breaks rank.
- Disproportionately
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- Nov 07, 2020