Black People Quotes - Page 20

• There's a price tag on everything including black people's lives and what they do with them.

  Vince Staples

  Price Tag, People, Black

  "Vince Staples Talks About Prima Donna, Celebrity & Frank Ocean". Interview with Highsnobiety, www.highsnobiety.com.

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• I truly believe slavery is why, as a by-product, we still have a disproportionate amount of black men incarcerated in the USA. It is an extension of that legacy, and that's not going to start to diminish until black people have a new sense of themselves that isn't tied to slavery and feeling inferior. I think the church can be instrumental in that, in terms of repentance, reconciliation and just being more embracing of each other - not just on Sunday, but in life generally.

  David Oyelowo

  Believe, Sunday, Men

  Source: decentfilms.com

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• The Circle Theatre, black people had to sit in the balcony. Any theater with a balcony, black people had to sit up there. Black people couldn't check into any hotel except their own. And black people couldn't eat anywhere except in their own restaurants.

  Kurt Vonnegut

  Circles, People, Black

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• Blaxploitation films were black films targeting black people. They were films made to appeal to a culture in a way that was supposed to be unfiltered.

  Adrian Younge

  People, Black, Culture

  Source: www.highsnobiety.com

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• The only thing I really feel is necessary is that the black people, not only in Mississippi, will have to actually upset this applecart. What I mean by that is, so many things are under the cover that will have to be swept out and shown to this whole world, not just to America. This thing they say of "the land of the free and the home of the brave" is all on paper.

  Fannie Lou Hamer

  Mean, Home, Land

  Source: www.encyclopedia.com

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• Whoever is standing up telling the white man that his position is unjust and that the black people should not have to wait for any Supreme Court, Congress or Senate to legislate, or even the president to issue any kind of - of a proclamation to better the condition of our people, if a N - if he - if a, if a Negro leader is standing up, making that point clear, then he's all right with us.

  Malcolm X

  Men, White Man, Issues

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• The white people who are guilty of white supremacy are trying to hide their own guilt by accusing The Honorable Elijah Muhammad of teaching black supremacy when he tries to uplift the mentality, the social, mental and economic condition of the black people in America.

  Malcolm X

  Uplifting, Teaching, White

  Source: teachingamericanhistory.org

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• Jews who have been guilty of exploiting the black people in America, economically, civically, and otherwise, hide behind - hide their guilt by accusing The Honorable Elijah Muhammad of being anti-Semitic, simply because he teaches our people to go into business for ourselves and take over the economic leadership in our own community.

  Malcolm X

  America, People, Community

  Source: teachingamericanhistory.org

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• Since the white people collectively have practiced the worst form of hatred against Negroes in America and they know that they are guilty of it, now when The Honorable Elijah Muhammad comes along and begins to list the historic deed - the historic attitude, the historic behavior of the white man in this country toward the black people in this country, again, the white people are so guilty and they can't stop doing these things to make Mr. Muhammad appear to be wrong, so they hide their wrong by saying "he is teaching hatred."

  Malcolm X

  Country, Attitude, Teaching

  Source: teachingamericanhistory.org

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• For Black people, we're one of the only groups of people that for some reason to express love of yourself, in some ways, is misconstrued as a dislike for someone else.

  Wynton Marsalis

  People, Black, Groups

  Source: www.pbs.org

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• If black people kill black people every day, why not have a week and kill white people?

  Sister Souljah

  White, People, Black

  "Obama’s Terrorism Speech: Another Break With Democratic Party Orthodoxy" by Thomas B. Edsal, www.huffingtonpost.com. March 28, 2008.

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• Some black people want to get in touch with their African roots. But then you got some black people that just don't give a damn. You tell them, 'Hey, I just got back from the motherland.' "They're like, 'Where'd you go - Detroit? Did you see The Temptations?'

  Wanda Sykes

  Damn You, Roots, People

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• Growing up, I was always the only black kid on my team and (sometimes) I'd get questions from my friends when I'd say, `I want to be in the NHL' and they'd say, `Well, there are no black people or not very many in the NHL' and as a kid, you'd wonder why. But overall, I didn't really face any racial difficulties. Nothing too bad or too lasting.

  Jarome Iginla

  Growing Up, Team, Kids

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• Only black people in the whole neighborhood, so let's break it down: Me, I'm a decent comedian, I'm a'ight. Mary J. Blige, one of the greatest R&B singers to ever walk the Earth. Jay-Z, one of the greatest rappers to ever live. Eddie Murphy, one of the funniest actors to ever, ever do it. Do you know what the white man that lives next door to me does for a living? He's a f*****g dentist.

  Chris Rock

  Men, Rapper, Doors

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• How did we lose our culture? Black people used to all do the same thing on Saturdays. We all watched "Soul Train" and "American Bandstand", got our fashion and dance tips, and then we emulated it and bought those records that we heard. Now it seems like there is no culture. The school of fish are all separate. Everybody's just randomized, listening to their own thing in their earbuds, and there's no uniformity. That bothers me.

  DJ Quik

  Fashion, School, People

  Interview with David Drake, pitchfork.com. October 15, 2014.

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• What mostly prevents black people from voting is that drug laws send them to prison, and then they can't vote.

  Bill Maher

  Law, People, Voting

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• I never watched the Oscars. Come on, it's a fashion show . . . What straight black man sits there and watches the Oscars? Show me one. And they don't recognize comedy, and you don't see a lot of black people nominated, so why should I watch it?

  Chris Rock

  Fashion, Men, People

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• The poor black people in it make the black people in Gone With the Wind look like Malcolm X.

  Ben Stein

  Wind, People, Black

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• The press has not done a fair job of exposing his [Bernie Sanders] policy. He has not had the television time that he deserves or that Hillary Clinton has. He has not had the ability to connect with black people in the mass way.

  Killer Mike

  Jobs, People, Black

  Source: www.msnbc.com

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• Bernie Sanders has done a great job of, social media black kids know about him. Young black people progressives know about him. Through barbershops and barbershop tour that we have been on, we hit three barbershops a day. People know about him.

  Killer Mike

  Jobs, Kids, Media

  Source: www.msnbc.com

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• I think that`s the obstacle, because once black people hear Bernie Sanders policy, it`s almost instantaneous they switch. Hillary is good enough, but the policy of enough is enough that we`re going to radically change thinks really seizes with people.

  Killer Mike

  Thinking, People, Black

  Source: www.msnbc.com

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• When I say the n-word, black people are clear that I'm on their side. And it's not disingenuous - I am on black people's side, clearly.

  Neal Brennan

  People, Black, Sides

  Source: www.esquire.com

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• A lot of racism going on in the world right now. Who's more racist? Black people or white people? Black people. You know why? 'Cuz we hate black people too! Everything white people don't like about black people, black people really don't like about black people.

  Chris Rock

  Hate, White, Racism

  "Chris Rock: Bring the Pain". TVSpecial, www.imdb.com. June 1, 1996.

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• Just as the white man and every other person on this earth has God-given rights, natural rights, civil rights, any kind of rights that you can think of, when it comes to defending himself, black people - we should have the right to defend ourselves also.

  Malcolm X

  Men, Thinking, Rights

  Source: teachingamericanhistory.org

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• Because The Honorable Elijah Muhammad makes black people brave enough, men enough to defend ourselves no matter what the odds are, the white man runs around here with a doctrine that Mr. Muhammad is advocating the violence when he is actually telling Negroes to defend themselves against violent people.

  Malcolm X

  Running, Men, Odds

  Source: teachingamericanhistory.org

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