African American Quotes - Page 30

• We are the in midst of a bipartisan moment as it relates to criminal justice reform and dealing with mass incarceration in America which disproportionately impacts the African-American community.

  Hakeem Jeffries

  Impact, America, Justice

  Source: www.msnbc.com

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• It's completely different, for instance, to report on poor farmers in Africa than it is to report on, say, poor African-Americans. The familiarity of my readers with the terrain, and their preconceptions, are quite different in those two cases, and their perspective, as I imagine it, has to be taken into account at every turn.

  William Finnegan

  Taken, Two, Perspective

  Source: www.guernicamag.com

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• The Marines estimate that roughly a hundred or 200 women will be interested in going into these jobs - roughly 2 percent of those jobs. Still, this is historic. It's a biggest cultural change in the military maybe ever, probably bigger than integrating the force back in 1948 when African-Americans were no longer segregated in separate units.

  Renee Montagne

  Jobs, Military, Marine

  Source: www.npr.org

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• I don't do stuff to be a star. I do it because I feel it's important for kids, African American kids, to see an African American face that plays baseball.

  Matt Kemp

  Baseball, Stars, Kids

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• Mostly I'm proud to be an African-American woman, but I'm glad I have a universal look as well.

  Chanel Iman

  Looks, Proud, Wells

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• It's just cheaper to be White in America than it is to be Black, because of educational advances, because of the police incidents, because of the poverty we grow up in as African-Americans. So, it's just cheaper in this country if you're born a Caucasian than being born a Black person.

  Warren Ballentine

  Country, Growing Up, Educational

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• Interestingly, a lot of the polling that I see is not along racial lines, but along generational lines. We are doing better and better among younger people, not so well among older people, whether they're African-American, whether they're white or whether they're Latino.

  Bernie Sanders

  White, People, Lines

  Source: www.cbsnews.com

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• Well, what I will tell you is the support from the world - it's not just an African-American citizen. There are people of all different walks of life who are rallying behind the concerns with the that Sandy was treated because what that says to me is that this is an American issue.

  Sharon Cooper

  Issues, People, Support

  "Sandra Bland's Family Reacts To Grand Jury's Decision". "Morning Edition" with David Greene, www.npr.org. December 23, 2015.

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• My mother's from Texas. Small town outside of Waco called Downsville. And my father's from Nigeria. And so I guess I'm properly African-American.

  Kehinde Wiley

  Mother, Father, Texas

  Source: www.aaa.si.edu

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• I walk into office, which is the casting office for CBS in New York. Mainly what they cast out of this office was the CBS daytime shows. I go in and walk into this room which every seat is filled with young African-American boys and girls and they were in their teens. I went, "I'm in the wrong place. Why am I here? What's going on?"So I go in and meet Norman [Lear].

  Richard Masur

  Girl, New York, Boys

  Source: www.avclub.com

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• I sometimes wish I were African American because people don't bash them afterward. It's the hardest to be a woman.

  Julie Delpy

  People, Wish, Sometimes

  "Julie Delpy Says Hollywood Dumps on Women Most: ‘I Sometimes Wish I Were African American’". www.thewrap.com. February 9, 2016.

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• We know that African American students tend to be relational learners. It's about the relationships between a teacher and student. Students respond well to teachers they know, believe in them, care about them, but also who teach in a matter that elicits a more active approach to learning, rather than just sitting and listening. The research on this is strong and has been available for a long time, but it is not widely practiced. That's a huge obstacle.

  Pedro Noguera

  Teacher, Strong, Believe

  Source: www.motherjones.com

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• I always thought books were just the canon, things I couldn't identify with. And then I was introduced to really amazing multicultural literature - it was all things I was trying to do unsuccessfully in my poetry. It really just changed everything. I was introduced to authors like Sandra Cisneros, Gabriel García Márquez, Junot Díaz, and a lot of African American literature, as well.

  Matt de la Pena

  Book, Trying, Gabriel

  Source: therumpus.net

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• Whites have more than eleven times the net worth or wealth of African Americans. They make greater salaries. Our unemployment rate is twice theirs. You look at the prison system and who that's chewing up.

  Randall Robinson

  Salary, Unemployment, Looks

  Interview with Amitabh Pal, www.sharedhost.progressive.org. September 26, 2005.

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• We have to protect our inner cities, because African-American communities are being decimated by crime, decimated.

  Donald Trump

  Cities, Community, Crime

  Donald Trump during Presidential Debate at Hofstra University in Hempstead, New York, www.nytimes.com. September 27, 2016.

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• And Hillary Clinton is going to do nothing for the African- American worker, the Latino worker.

  Donald Trump

  Clinton, Latino, Workers

  "Transcript of Donald Trump’s Immigration Speech". www.nytimes.com. September 1, 2016.

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• We did really, really badly with older African-American voters. I mean we got decimated.

  Bernie Sanders

  Mean, American Voters, Voters

  Source: www.cbsnews.com

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• Black Panther is a historic opportunity to be a part of something important and special, particularly at a time when African Americans are affirming their identities while dealing with vilification and dehumanization. The image of a black hero on this scale is just really exciting.

  Joe Robert Cole

  Hero, Opportunity, Black

  "Oscars So White? Black Panther to the Rescue". Interview with Brandon E. Patterson, www.motherjones.com. February 6, 2016.

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• I think what Donald [Trump] is saying is that it's unacceptable to him that members of the African-American community - and I'm sure he will say this about other communities as well - who live in violence, who are subject of that, or who do not have the educational opportunities that every child in this country should have so they can reach their fullest potential, that that's unacceptable.

  Chris Christie

  Country, Children, Educational

  Source: abcnews.go.com

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• I think, when the African-American community understands my record on criminal justice, my record on economics, the agenda we're bringing forth, raising the minimum wage to $15 an hour, dealing with the fact that we have more people in jail, shamefully, than any other country on Earth, that I am against the death penalty, Secretary Clinton is not, I think, as people become familiar with my ideas, we are going to do better and better.

  Bernie Sanders

  Country, Thinking, Ideas

  Source: www.cbsnews.com

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• Of course, we have leaders in the African American community as well that we've all worked with. One of the great rewards of being an activist is that you get to meet all these wonderful people. And there are many unsung heroes. There are so many out there that are good people that are working hard.

  Dolores Huerta

  Hero, People, Community

  Source: www.sdfoundation.org

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• If you think back , the Academy was doing a better job. Think about how many more African Americans were nominated.We need to get better at this. We used to be better at it.

  George Clooney

  Jobs, Thinking, Get Better

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• I fully understand that the African-American community has suffered from discrimination and that there are many wrongs that must still be made right.

  Donald Trump

  Community, Discrimination, Made

  "New Questions Over Claims In Burns' Bio; Clinton Losing Ground In Latest National Polls; Texas Tops Notre Dame In Double Overtime; Megan Rapinoe's Nod To Kaepernick". "New day", www.cnn.com. September 5, 2016.

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• I'm asking for the vote of every single African-American citizen. You're living in poverty. Your schools are no good. You have no jobs.

  Donald Trump

  Jobs, School, Citizens

  Source: abcnews.go.com

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• We've had now eight years and there's this prideful sense among many African Americans. When you think about how elated they are when they see the First Lady on magazine covers or when she is out doing her thing. There just this pride our community has had for eight years now. When that goes away, I jokingly said it, but I do think there's going to be a bit of withdrawal.

  Ed Gordon

  Pride, Thinking, Eight

  Source: www.ebony.com

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