- Police
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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
- Daily Lives
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- Nov 07, 2020
One consequence of racism and segregation is that many American whites know little or nothing about the daily lives of African Americans. Black America's least-understood communities are those poor, hyper-segregated places we once called ghettos. These neighborhoods are not far away, but they might as well be on the moon.
- Change
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- Nov 07, 2020
We need to hire more black police officers in this country because these are good jobs, and African Americans should have their fair share of good jobs. But we shouldn't do it because we think that's going to change policing. We have to push for police reform in other ways.
- Education
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- Nov 07, 2020
In terms of addressing crime issues in the black community, the dominant political class has historically refused to endorse the full slate of reforms along lines of education, economic security, housing, etc, necessary to address the root causes.
- Good
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- Nov 07, 2020
At the end of the day, I think my story is, we need black officers because African-Americans need a fair shot at good jobs in this country, but we cannot expect them and should not expect them to change the nature of policing.
- Man
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- Nov 07, 2020
Those of us in law enforcement must redouble our efforts to resist bias and prejudice. We must better understand the people we serve and protect - by trying to know, deep in our gut, what it feels like to be a law-abiding young black man walking on the street and encountering law enforcement. We must understand how that young man may see us.
- Experiencing
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- Nov 07, 2020
When I worked as a prosecutor in Richmond, Virginia in the 1990s, that city, like so much of America, was experiencing horrific levels of violent crime. But to describe it that way obscures an important truth: for the most part, white people weren't dying; black people were dying. Most white people could drive around the problem.
- Prime Minister
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- Nov 07, 2020
I'm going to say yes, I reckon we'll have the first BME (black or minority ethnicity) prime minister.
- Proud
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- Nov 07, 2020
My son don't have to say it loud, I'm black and I'm proud. He don't have to be called those crazy names.
- Powerful
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- Nov 07, 2020
As in many cities, Uber has disrupted powerful interests in London, starting with the drivers of black cabs, who trace their lineage to 1634, and their influential Licensed Taxi Drivers Association.
- Power
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- Nov 07, 2020
The power of the white world is threatened whenever a black man refuses to accept the white world's definitions.
- Loved
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- Nov 07, 2020
I loved pop music as a little kid. Things like the Black Eyed Peas. If it had a catchy chorus, I was into it.
- Go
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- Nov 07, 2020
I wasn't a kid trying to become famous. I wasn't a part of any Disney Channel wheelhouse. I was basically a black kid whose parents put him into the business so he could go to college.
- Management
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- Nov 07, 2020
I would say to the critics that they don't have a black belt in time management like I do.
- Big Fan
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- Nov 07, 2020