I'm not angry. And I don't like the thing of the 'angry black woman,' either.
Naomi Campbell
WomanAngryBlackLikeEitherThing
Yes, we become stronger when black and whites, Latino, Asian American, Native American, when all of us stand together.
Bernie Sanders
TogetherBlackStandAmericanBecome
I consider myself lucky that Sheila Johnson, the cofounder of Black Entertainment Television, didn't choose to rest on her very impressive business laurels. Her luscious 100 percent modal scarves, printed with photos she takes all over the world, are gorgeous. Wearing one is like being wrapped in a hug.
Gayle King
BusinessMyselfWorldRestBlack
As a writer, I was shaped by a desire to write for black people. That things were not being represented. That was my motivating force. That it has become what it has become is shocking to me. I just wanted to be able to take care of my kids.
Ta-Nehisi Coates
PeopleMeBlackCareTake CareTake
I'm hoping someday that some kid, black or white, will hit more home runs than myself. Whoever it is, I'd be pulling for him.
Hank Aaron
HomeMyselfBlackWhiteWillKid
I think it's unfortunate that there exists only one path in America to complete social legitimacy, and that is marriage. I think, for instance, that it would be far easier for Americans to elect a black president or a female president than an unmarried president.
Elizabeth Gilbert
MarriagePathBlackThinkAmerica
Under Trump, black lives will become even more vulnerable to state violence.
Patrisse Cullors
BlackViolenceWillBecomeMore
There's sort of a persistent misperception that talking about race is black folk's burden. Ultimately, only men can end sexism, and only white people can end racism.
Benjamin Todd Jealous
MenRacismPeopleBlackEndTalking
A lot of black guys always ask me, 'Did Larry Bird really play that good?' I said, 'Larry Bird is so good it's frightening.'
Magic Johnson
GoodBirdMeBlackPlaySaid
Aaliyah revolutionized what it was to be a young black woman in America. She made it OK to be a nerd and to be a tomboy. She made it OK to wear leather and chains. She was the first black girl with an ombre. She was so far ahead of everything and everyone. It was just who she was. She was an innovator, but she didn't even realize it.
Alexandra Shipp
GirlWomanBlackAmericaYoungShe
You don't need someone destroying you when your own people are the worst messengers possible. And this is what black people in America have not come to grips with.
Geoffrey Canada
PeopleBlackAmericaSomeoneYou
There is some group of Americans who are really, really curious to understand how we ended up at this point, where every week it seems like you can turn on your TV and see some sort of abuse being heaped on black people.
CuriousPeopleBlackWeekYouGroup
Even if it's a white crowd, I tell my jokes for the four black people in the room, not the 100 whites.
Gary Owen
PeopleBlackWhiteJokesTellRoom
I am a picky eater. By that I mean, I love to pick the raisins out of oatmeal raisin cookies, the chips out of chocolate chip cookies, the white side off of black and white cookies, and the vanilla center out of Oreos.
Dylan Lauren
LoveBlack And WhiteI AmBlackMean
So many stories have been told about Black Lives Matter. The beauty of building out a decentralized network, the beauty of building out something that's a hashtag, is that so many people can take it and run with it. The bad part about that is so many folks can take it and run with it - and misuse it and co-opt it.
BeautyPeopleBuildingBlackBad
The reason why 'Black Lives Matter' is a chant is because a lot of people feel, myself included, that sometimes they don't matter.
Benjamin Watson
MyselfPeopleBlackFeelSometimes
As a black person in America, I am twice as likely as a white person to live in an area where air pollution poses the greatest risk to my health. I am five times more likely to live within walking distance of a power plant or chemical facility - which I do.
Majora Carter
LivePowerHealthI AmBlackPlant
People don't realize it hurts my feelings when someone looks at my hair or my eyes, and says, 'But you're not actually black. You're black, but you're not black black, because your eyes are green.' I'm like, 'What? No, no, I'm definitely black.' Even some of my closest friends have said that. It's been a bit touchy for me.
Ayesha Curry
EyesPeopleMeGreenHairBlack
My first experiences of Colorado travel have been rather severe. At Greeley, I got a small upstairs room at first, but gave it up to a married couple with a child, and then had one downstairs no bigger than a cabin, with only a canvas partition. It was very hot, and every place was thick with black flies.
Isabella Bird
TravelChildSmallBlackPlaceHot
There was a certain feeling I developed as a young person for black people. Somehow they were able to get pleasure out of things that I couldn't see them enjoying. I heard them sing a lot, and I didn't hear white folks going down the cotton rows singing that much.
Sam Phillips
PeopleSingingBlackDownPerson
I just have more Yves Saint Laurent in my closet, but it is pretty much the same - I just wear black almost 365 days of the year. I am married to it.
G-Eazy
I AmBlackYearMoreSameDays
I think until Britain acknowledges just how much of a presence black people had here before the Sixties, then there are certain stories that are not going to be inclusive of what I have to offer.
David Oyelowo
PeopleBlackThinkInclusiveSixties
I want to see Black Lives Matter be able to ultimately reduce law enforcement funding.
LawLaw EnforcementBlackWantSee
The institutionalization of Black Studies, Feminist Studies, all of these things, led to a sense that the struggle was over for a lot of people and that one did not have to continue the personal consciousness-raising and changing of one's viewpoint.
bell hooks
StrugglePeopleBlackPersonalOver
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