Top 1200 Black Racism Quotes & Sayings - Page 18

I write to tell the truth about the black condition as I see it. Therefore, I write to offer a black woman's view of the world.

Blackness has always been stigmatised, even amongst black people who flee from the density of that blackness. Some black people recoil from black people who are that dark because it has always been stigmatised.

Racism today is the ultimate evil in the world

Music is the very cement that has not just held the black community together but holds black selves together in a fundamental sense.

There can't be reverse racism against a group that is not at a disadvantage.

We can`t allow racism and xenophobia to gain traction.

Black is real sensation, even if it is produced by entire absence of light. The sensation of black is distinctly different from the lack of all sensations.

This is what the Republican party stands for, though: racism.

It was the Michael Jordan/Nike phenomenon that really let people see that athletes were OK, and black athletes were OK. Defying a previous wisdom - not only that black athletes wouldn't sell in white America, but that the NBA as a predominantly black sport could not sell in white America.

We must begin to tell black women's stories because, without them, we cannot tell the story of black men, white men, white women, or anyone else in this country. The story of black women is critical because those who don't know their history are doomed to repeat it.

I am black and a woman and unapologetically proud to be both. But I've never asked anyone to vote for me because I'm black and a woman.

Hatred, racism, and extremism have no place in this country.

The black person is the protagonist in most of my paintings. I realized that I didn't see many paintings with black people in them.

There were not many black students at Juilliard, unfortunately. So when you get there, you become very good friends, in particular, with the other black students.

Usually, 'All Lives Matter' comes as a response to 'Black Lives Matter'; it doesn't exist in a vacuum. So when people say 'Black Lives Matter,' a lot of times the response 'All Lives Matter' can seem very condescending, dismissive to 'Black Lives Matter.'

Most of my experience with racism comes from living in the South.

There were no black images of dignity, no images of beautiful black people. There was this big hole. I tried to fill it.

Phillip Roth uses his Black women characters to make anti intellectual remarks about Black history month, begun by a man who reached intellectual heights that Roth will never attain. Roth is a petty bigot and his ignorant remarks about black culture expose him as a buffoon to scholars the world over.

As a young black boy, it made me proud to see black leaders that did something amazing and made the world change.

Racism is just the symptom, but the fight is economic.

My favorite basketball shoe is the '92 Nike Uptempo - white/black/turquoise or you can go with the all black/white, which I loved.

Black is not sad. Bright colours are what depress me. They're so... empty. Black is poetic. How do you imagine a poet? In a bright yellow jacket? Probably not.

Fear and ignorance are the key roots to racism.

At the end of the day, if you're not against racism, you're racist.

There's still a lot of racism in stand-up.

I have to battle so many issues, and the biggest is racism.

The truth is there are two hundred white women raped in America by a black man for every one black woman raped by whites.

Justification by faith is the key to eliminating racism.

Excellence is the best deterrent to racism or sexism.

The Clintons use black people for votes but then don't do anything for black communities after they're elected. They use us for photo ops.

You factor in racism as a reality and you keep moving.

When I think of the trials and tribulations that black men go through in America and that black artists went through, I feel very privileged.

There's no Chanel collection without black. (It) will never exist. Who can live without some black clothes.

I wore a uniform to school, so the white-on-white or black-on-black Air Force 1 Low was the simple sneaker to wear, but it was the standard.

My job is to be the constructive awakener of the black masses of the world so them know themself and others know what black people suppose to be and where.

Historically, black women have suffered tremendously, but today's black women are the triumph. We have choices, and that's what freedom is all about: having the power to choose.

About the time I was 7, I got really into black-exploitation films, so I made my own Wonder Woman, but I made her black.

There's been a lot of talk about black men and the presence and absence of black men in positions of power in American culture.

I really like black. I love wearing black, different aesthetics and shades. I like earth tones. Those are my go-tos.

There's a thing called the 'One Drop' theory in African-American culture, which is if you have one drop of black blood in you, you're black.

I don't even want to touch on the topic of black quarterback, because I think this game is bigger than black, white or even green.

What it is is that Barack Obama was raised by a white mother and two white grandparents who, A, told him he was black and that there was nothing wrong with being black.

Black people, we are fully deserving of the room and space to fully express our humanity. This is what Black Lives Matter is truly about.

Today, nostalgia is almost as unacceptable as racism.

There's a lot of racism when I was in the Navy, and I had to deal with that.

I sometimes feel that racism is getting worse.

There's already been black presidents who've been corrupt, so it doesn't strike me that having a black man in office means he's going to be the Messiah.

Bill [Clinton] is every bit as black as Barack. He's probably gone with more black women than Barack.

Black Velvet in that little boys smile, Black Velvet with that slow southern style. A new religion that'll bring you to your knees.

Racism exists, but what I want to do is start a dialogue.

The interesting thing about Georgia is, Atlanta is teeming with middle-class black people and black people with money - and yet there is still segregation.

When you look at Darling and the Oscars, it has to be luck. It was a black and white film and it was the last time that there was a black and white Oscar.

I feel like, as a black guy, I can't not believe in God... I'd wake up in the morning, 'I'm black, and there's no God? I'm going back to sleep.'

The album 'Hoodie SZN' is about the result of where I come from: it gave me this black heart. And the black heart represents depression.

Poitier opened the doors to so many artists, not just black artists. There is a line that goes from black to Latin to Asian with regards to roles.

You face racism in small and large ways.

The fact is that racism, despite all the doomsayers, has diminished

I always said I'm not disappointed with Obama because I voted for him because he was black, and as long as he kept being black, I was a happy man.

I think rap is creating a reverse racism.

The gestures and the swagger and the attitude of black men is imitated everywhere in American culture, but people still find black men intolerable.