Quotes about Black people

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If origin defines race, then we are all Africans – we are all black. — Abhijit Naskar, We Are All Black: A Treatise on Racism
For the multiculturalist, white Anglo-Saxon Protestants are prohibited, Italians and Irish get a little respect, blacks — Slavoj Žižek
America's put American Black Folks in such a bad position, empty plates and glasses now get us full. — Darnell Lamont Walker
They made you an Amendment and convinced you it meant 'American. — Darnell Lamont Walker
Just like "All American" means "White," "All Lives" means "White. — Darnell Lamont Walker
I consider myself an American African because we did not come by choice. — Alafia Stewart
At some future period, not very distant as measured by centuries, the civilised races of man will almost certainly exter — Charles Darwin, The Descent of Man
Remember a Florida judge instructing a jury to focus only on the moment when George Zimmerman and Trayvon Marton interac — Jesmyn Ward, Carol Anderson
Up until then I'd thought that white people and colored people getting alone was the big aim, but after that I decided e — Sue Monk Kidd, The Secret Life of Bees
I am a descendent of a whole bunch of Black folk who couldn't be broken. — Darnell Lamont Walker
Black bodies have become ornamental, haven't they? — Darnell Lamont Walker
I did not tell you that it would be okay, because I have never believed it would be okay. What I told you is what your g — Ta-Nehisi Coates, Between the World and Me
Black people are either threats or entertainment. — Darnell Lamont Walker
When you're marginalized, there are no "them people," if we're all on the outskirts of the same margin. — Darnell Lamont Walker
I remember reading article about the woman in that Oakland neighborhood who lost all her children to violence. I wondere — Darnell Lamont Walker
The problem is, there is no geographical cure. No matter where we (Black American Folk) go, we are still too plugged int — Darnell Lamont Walker
White supremacy is a black person telling the people of Baltimore to chill out and try peace, thinking they came up with — Darnell Lamont Walker
My heart isn't big enough to care for the oppressors. — Darnell Lamont Walker
I am an educated black woman in a time when educated black people will be called upon to risk everything for the rights — Allan Dare Pearce, Paris in April
On Slavery: The saddest slap in the face is we have NO monument, no real statues or memorials, no special day of Atoneme — Brandi L. Bates