- George W. Bush
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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
- Enough
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- Nov 07, 2020
If the KKK was smart enough, they would've created gangsta rap because it's such a caricature of black culture and black masculinity.
- Hungry
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- Nov 07, 2020
I cannot possibly believe that I have it made while so many black brothers and sisters are hungry, inadequately housed, insufficiently clothed, denied their dignity as they live in slums or barely exist on welfare.
- Man
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- Nov 07, 2020
I cannot salute the flag; I know that I am a black man in a white world. In 1972, in 1947, at my birth in 1919, I know that I never had it made.
- Job
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- Nov 07, 2020
After two years at UCLA, I decided to leave. I was convinced that no amount of education would help a black man get a job.
- Go
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- Nov 07, 2020
When I look back at what I had to go through in black baseball, I can only marvel at the many black players who stuck it out for years in the Jim Crow leagues because they had nowhere else to go.
- Down
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- Nov 07, 2020
The black press, some liberal sportswriters, and even a few politicians were banging away at those Jim Crow barriers in baseball. I never expected the walls to come tumbling down in my lifetime.
- Delegates
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- Nov 07, 2020
Muslim delegates concerned about rights in Palestine could have brought their enthusiasm closer to home by addressing the fate of black Christians being slaughtered and enslaved in the Sudan.
- Great Way
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- Nov 07, 2020
With the White Stripes we were trying to trick people into not realising we were playing the blues. We did not want to come off like white kids trying to play black music from 100 years ago so a great way to distract them was by dressing in red, white and black.
- Music
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- Nov 07, 2020
The fact that we elected Obama was a sign that the black struggle inherent in the blues and so much of the music I have loved can triumph.
- Go
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- Nov 07, 2020
Economically, ISIS is making money every day on the black market with their oil fields. But they are also putting money in banks. We know where those banks are. We should go after the banks and the facilitators using them.
- Loved
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- Nov 07, 2020
I always loved hip-hop, being a black little kid. I always used to freestyle on the bus when I was young. It was always a part of my life.
- Person
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- Nov 07, 2020
As a gay person, I'm used to speaking on gay issues. As a black person, I'm used to speaking on black issues.
- Happen
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- Nov 07, 2020
There are no black film composers doing the likes of Star Wars, doing the likes of E.T., doing the likes of Jurassic Park. There are none, nor will there ever be one. That ain't about to happen!
- Find
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- Nov 07, 2020
If I could find anything blacker than black, I'd use it.
- Help
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- Nov 07, 2020