Top 1200 Black Humor Quotes & Sayings - Page 11

It's hypocritical to say Black Lives Matter' when we know Black life begins in the womb.

The leading distinction in magnets is the sex, male and female, and the next great difference in them is the colour. Those of Magnesia, bordering on Macedonia, are of a reddish black; those of Breotia are more red than black; and the kind that is found in Troas is black, of the female sex, and consequently destitute of attractive power.

Better have a black face than be worried about black deeds.

In all fields black consciousness seeks to talk to the black man in a language that is his own

One of the reasons I paint black people is because I am a black person.

I am admiring of my fellow peers, black filmmakers and black actors and actresses.

The myth of black women profiting at the expense of black men is the oldest rap around.

I'm a sponge for historical images of black people and black history on film.

I wear black because I'm a large lady, and I have many exact replicas of the same black outfit.

Work for black women has been an important and valued dimension of Afrocentric definitions of black motherhood.

It's important to be an ally. You don't have to be a black woman to think we should have more black women in tech.

To be black and beautiful means nothing in this world unless we are black and powerful.

I am not a Republican, nor a Democrat, nor an American, and got sense enough to know it. I am one of the 22 million black victims of the Democrats, and one of the 22 million black victims of the Republicans, and one of the 22 million black victims of Americanism... You and I have never seen democracy; all we've seen is hypocracy... If you go to jail, so what? If you're black, you were born in jail. If you're black, you were born in jail, in the North as well as the South. Stop talking about the South. Long as you south of the Canadian border, you're south.

I think that's the core of black aesthetics: the ability to improvise. That is what has enabled our [black people's] survival.

Black Lives Matter is one iteration of a much larger struggle to fight for black people's freedom.

Black culture, to me, is so important and I identify with young black women.

What is being black? It's making the most of your life, not taking a single moment for granted. Taking something that's seen as a struggle and making it work for you, or you'll die inside. Not to say that my struggle is like the collective struggle of black America. But maybe my struggle is similar to one black dude's.

The sky was a sparkling succession of black diamonds on black velvet made crystal clear by the blackout.

Blacks are tired of seeing whites saying, 'I understand you.' You need a black to direct a black film.

It's not enough even to have one black Barbie... because black women are not a monolith.

We say Black lives matter, but a lot of white folks don't know Black folk.

In black America there's such a thing as passing, the black people who are light skinned and they will pass for white.

The thing about black women and black hair is that you just have to experiment.

The Black Lives Matter movement is stronger when non-black people step up for it.

Black-on-black crime is a massive human rights issue that's going on in America.

When a country doesn't respect Black lives, maybe it doesn't deserve to be entertained by Black athletes.

You can't get more racist than hating black conservatives just because they're black.

People are more afraid of black unity than black rage.

I am proud of my black roots and of the black blood that runs in my veins.

I've heard that Black people and Black faces don't sell magazines, but one day you're going to beg me to be on there.

I love leather vests and jackets, black leggings, black lips.

'Roots' did show that the audience would be receptive to black talent and a black story.

The impact of black music and black art forms on American culture is really difficult to appreciate.

I love black. Anything black transforms lives in a profound way, particularly for women.

Religion is like a blind man looking in a black room for a black cat that isn't there, and finding it.

Wasn't Winston Churchill the first black president of America? There's a statue of him near me... that's black.

We must realise that prophetic cry of black students: Black man you are on your own!

I like to think my work is furthering black culture by educating and empowering black people.

In 2013, there were 6,261 black homicide victims in the US — almost all killed by black civilians.

There ought to be a robust, uninhibited conversation in black America with different black ideological perspectives.

I love black because it affirms, designs and styles. A woman in a black dress is a pencil stroke.

Amelie had on black pants, a black zip-up hoodie, andrunning shoes. So wrong.

It's a lot easier being black than gay. At least if you're black you don't have to tell your parents.

Tutankhamun was not black, and the portrayal of ancient Egyptian civilization as black has no element of truth to it.

I didn't want to write a 'black' book because black characters are a tough sell.

You need Black [people] sometimes to understand things about Black culture.

I am black, and there's no getting around that, but being black doesn't define every aspect of my life.

In my own life, when I'm not working, I do wear a lot of black. I think I do feel very comfortable in black.

The Black Panther Party was not a gang. They grew out of a young black intelligentsia on college campuses.

I wear black on the outside 'Cause black is how I feel on the inside.

What makes Luke Cage unique isn't him being black. Yes, he is black, but he has other things.

When I find a colour darker than black, I'll wear it. But until then, I'm wearing black!

My signature style is super uniformed. I like black pants, black blazers, and boots.

I went to an historically black college where we're always told that there's limitation. And so I'm happy to represent for black colleges.

I am a black diamond, unfaceted. Black diamonds are rare, hard to cut, and therefore uncommercial.

It's better to be black than gay because when you're black you don't have to tell your mother.

I tend to play characters that arent supposed to black or written black.

I don't mind being black. I'm black out loud. It's more than the people that they are, it's the condition that they represent.

Color is the overpowering of black; white – the final victory over black.

The way black people feel, especially, is if you're going to tell a black story, let it come from a real place.