Top 1200 African Union Quotes & Sayings - Page 20
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Last updated on November 15, 2024.
Too many young African-American and Latino men ended up in jail for nonviolent offenses.
Ever since I watched 'Roots,' I've dreamed of tracing my African ancestry and helping other people do the same.
It turns out that there's a huge community of African-American musicians whose main influence is Throbbing Gristle.
Think of all the different features from Asian to African to Aboriginal to Caucasian. But we are all within the same species, Homo Sapiens.
My foundation was created so I can find a way to improve the living conditions of my people in the African continent, not just in Congo.
I sometimes wish I were African American because people don't bash them afterward. It's the hardest to be a woman.
We talk about freedoms for African-Americans but unless you have more than one option politically, how free are you?
I'm African-American. There are more eyes on me than anybody. They're going to take the negative before the positive.
Take that bone out of your nose and call me back (to an African American female caller).
The motto of West African cooking is that if the food doesn't set fire to the tablecloth the cook is being stingy with the pepper.
Americans will be amazed to find ho many of the modern dance steps are relics of the African heritage.
Dwayne McDuffie was one of my favorite writers. When I was growing up, he was one of the few African Americans working in American comics.
Miles Davis was a master. In every phase of his career, he understood that this music was a tribute to the African muse.
Unite all people of African ancestry of the world to one great body to establish a country and absolute government of their own.
There's a very famous South African playwright named Athol Fugard, and I'd be in any play he's ever did.
Nigerian nun Bernadette Duru says the African church hierarchy is indifferent to people in rural areas.
If we can provide even a fictional roadmap to what a successful, prosperous African nation might look like, then let's do that.
There was a lot of feeling that with an African-American president, life on the South Side of Chicago would be radically different.
Wedding films are always about the differences between people. But they haven't quite dealt with African-Americans and Latinos.
I think sometimes players must have a wake-up call before they realise they are back in African football.
Sports and entertainment have always been windows of opportunity for African Americans, when other doors were closed.
Putin is sometimes described as a revanchist, seeking to recreate the Soviet Union. That is a useful shorthand, but it is not really accurate.
[To the South African parliament:] I do not know why we equate - and with the examples before us - a white skin with civilization.
We have more people in jail than any other country in Earth, disproportionately Latino and African-American.
Our most polluted neighborhoods are disproportionately home to Latinos, African Americans, and other communities of color.
I am the first African-American chairman of any major conservation organization in history. That's a big step.
I would love to get a role that changes the landscape of being an African American woman in television and film.
Being a white South African, I enjoyed the better things that that country gave to a small percentage of its population.
He revolutionized music videos. Before Michael Jackson, MTV refused to play African-American artists.
I always thought a very strong anti-drug policy was a good thing for my union members.
Women of African descent, since the beginning of time, have altered their hair, decorated it and used it to designate status.
I went to a predominantly African-American school. I didn't even understand our immigration system. I knew my parents immigrated here.
There are as many quality African-American actors and actresses as Caucasians, but it seems that they get a lot more opportunities.
It requires enormous energy for us to cut the African American uninsured rate by a third. A lot of scars.
When I got near teen age, I was so happy with my friends and the African American culture that I couldn't imagine not being part of it.
Men praise poverty, as the African worships Mumbo Jumbo--from terror of the malign power, and a desire to propitiate at.
Since Bush has been in office, African-American women have fallen behind in terms of income and wages.
I have strong views about South African politics and I still don't feel I need to make public statements.
Chermoula is a potent North African spice paste that is ideal for smearing on your favourite vegetables for roasting.
If we can elect an African American as president, we can support gay marriage! Defeat prop 8! We will not give up!
Many African people are smarter than me - kids who could have been better. I have no claim for genius.
In the sacraments, spirit and matter "kiss." Heaven and earth embrace in a union that will never end.
[People] have no jobs, they have horrible education, they have no safety or security, and I say to the African-American community, what the hell do you have to lose?
The one public system in which America goes out of its way to provide services to African-Americans is prison.
To those African-Americans suffering in our country, I say, what do you have to lose? Vote for Trump, I'm going to fix it.
Without Social Security, poverty rates for African American seniors would more than double.
I loved the African-American culture, but racism was still a big problem and white America was exactly what I didn't love.
Civil rights was not an impossible dream. Thousands of brave African Americans stepped forward to make it happen.
I realized that with African American people, where we've been blocked from being all that God meant for us to be, I don't have time to be patient.
My mum is West African, from Senegal; my dad is from Grenada. There was a huge controversy about them getting together.
The first time I held an African drum in my hands was at Koc University in a forest in the northern suburbs of Istanbul.
I play, like, 12 instruments. Guitar, piano, harmonica, African drums... I'm working on mastering the accordion.
Abe Krok was a man of integrity who made a unique contribution to Mamelodi Sundowns and to South African football.
I knew I didn't want to come out in the 'New Yorker'; it just felt wrong. It needed an African conversation.
I believe in racial memory too. I'm sure I've got ancient African blood in me that has something to do with what I am.
As a South African, the idea of turkey was new to me. And confusing. It's about the least flavorful bird on the planet.
I'd taken, like, maybe some African dance classes a couple of times, but I wasn't a musical theater person at all.
I learned about Chinese ceramics and African sculptures, I aired my scanty knowledge of the French Impressionists, and I prospered.
I came to America when I was six. In true African form, my parents wanted me to be a doctor or lawyer or engineer.
When people say they can't find African-American startups to invest in, it just sounds a little crazy to me.
