- Polarizing
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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
- Poetry
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- Nov 07, 2020
I wanted to be a poet. I fell in love with poetry around eight years old, but not through literature. Instead, it came through hip-hop lyrics and my obsession with reading liner notes. Queen Latifah's 'Black Reign' is the album that stands out the most.
- History
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- Nov 07, 2020
History is history, and it has to be told, and with 'Mudbound,' it's beautiful because you get to sit with both sides - the white and the black - and see where we meet each other at the end of the day and see where we tear each other apart.
- Nov 07, 2020
If black people mistrust white people, they are mistrusting racism, and that is appropriate.
- Drum
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- Nov 07, 2020
Black holes can bang against space-time as mallets on a drum and have a very characteristic song.
- Makeup
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- Nov 07, 2020
A staple in my makeup bag is Black Opal's True Color Skin Perfecting Stick Foundation, which offers a range of colors with many undertones.
- See
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- Nov 07, 2020
I want - no, I need - to see images of black girls and femmes twerking, slaying and primping, just as much as I need to see Symone Sanders bopping her head and Representative Maxine Waters reclaiming her time.
- Me
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- Nov 07, 2020
I spent my life navigating systems built upon me - a black child in America - not making it out.
- Day
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- Nov 07, 2020
The day of the wedding went like these things generally do, full of anxious moments interspersed with black comedy.
- Great
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- Nov 07, 2020
But I think the possibility of a black and white society feeding each other's expertises, living harmoniously, will probably go along in fits and starts now but at least it has a great constitution now to back it up.
- Artist
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- Nov 07, 2020
We don't all have to take the same coordinates to get to the same destination. Being a young African American female artist, I want to open doors for young black girls.
- Complaining
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- Nov 07, 2020
We’re all complaining about diversity in Hollywood, but we’ve got to address the colorism within the black community of Hollywood first.
- Deem
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- Nov 07, 2020
I think the black community has a lot to work on internally with what they deem successful.
- Hollywood
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- Nov 07, 2020