- 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
- Me
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- Nov 07, 2020
I am an American. Black. Conservative. I don't use African-American, because I'm American, I'm black and I'm conservative. I don't like people trying to label me. African- American is socially acceptable for some people, but I am not some people.
- Feel
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- Nov 07, 2020
Most of the ancestors that I can trace were born here in the United States of America. And then it goes back to slavery. And I'm sure my ancestors go all the way back to Africa, but I feel more of an affinity for America than I do for Africa. I'm a black man in America.
- Believe
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- Nov 07, 2020
This whole notion that all African-Americans are not going to vote for Obama is not necessarily true. I believe a third would vote for me, based on my own anecdotal feedback. Not vote for me because I'm black but because of my policies.
- Handkerchief
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- Nov 07, 2020
Just two days in Manhattan and you find yourself looking for a place to wash your handkerchief after you wipe your forehead and it comes away black. Is there a dirtier or more fascinating city anywhere in the land? The answer to both parts of the question has to be positively negative.
- King
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- Nov 07, 2020
Since the day Martin Luther King was killed, the black middle classes have almost quadrupled, but the percentage of black children living on or below the poverty line is almost the same.
- Permanent
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- Nov 07, 2020
In fact, the class divide in the black community is now seen by some as a permanent aspect of our existence.
- Night
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- Nov 07, 2020
I see America spreading disaster. I see America as a black curse upon the world. I see a long night settling in and that mushroom which has poisoned the world withering at the roots.
- Community
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- Nov 07, 2020
Eyes is the attempt to tell the story of the Civil Rights movement and to create an emotional, intellectual constituency. But what do you do after that? The black community doesn't have institutions that pick up such moments and preserve them.
- Life
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- Nov 07, 2020
If you're black in America, race is a factor in your life. Start with that assumption.
- Live
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- Nov 07, 2020
We don't have a full black community in Boston. Our people are scattered. There's a middle class where I live in Highland Park but it's not like a piece of Washington or Chicago.
- Me
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- Nov 07, 2020
I was one of three kids of colour in our school. There was a young black brother and sister, and me. So we stood out.
- Best
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- Nov 07, 2020
I do think it's well over-time to have a female Doctor Who. I think a gay, black female Doctor Who would be the best of all.
- Me
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- Nov 07, 2020
I can remember being in my pram: children stayed in their prams much longer then than they do now. A big bouncy pram with black covers and a hood with metal clips that could trap your fingers. I was looking up at my sister who was sitting on the pram seat, with her back to me.
- Me
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- Nov 07, 2020