Black Quotes - Page 3

In the end anti-black, anti-female, and all forms of discrimination are equivalent to the same thing: anti-humanism.

How are we going to get rid of racism? Stop talking about it!

This is the great new problem of mankind. We have inherited a large house, a great ‘world house’ in which we have to live together– black and white, Easterner and Westerner, Gentile and Jew, Catholic and Protestant, Muslim and Hindu– a family unduly separated in ideas, culture and interest, who, because we can never again live apart, must learn somehow to live with each other in peace.

America will tolerate the taking of a human life without giving it a second thought. But don't misuse a household pet.

Everytime I look at a zebra, I can't figure out whether it's black with white stripes or white with black stripes, and that frustrates me.

The hardest thing of all is to find a black cat in a dark room, especially if there is no cat.

Those who are most sensitive about "politically incorrect" terminology are not the average black ghetto-dweller, Asian immigrant, abused woman or disabled person, but a minority of activists, many of whom do not even belong to any "oppressed" group but come from privileged strata of society.

There will never be another Black Messiah unless we create him

We all require and want respect, man or woman, black or white. It's our basic human right.

When you say to a person of colour, 'When I see you, I don't see you Black; I just see everybody the same' think about that. You don't have the right to say to a person, 'I do not see you as you are; I want to see you as I would be more comfortable seeing you.'

The only person on the planet saying derogatory things about his woman is the black man.

There is only one thing I fear in life, my friend: One day, the black will swallow the red.

I've always met more discrimination being a woman than being Black...men are men.

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

When you're a black woman, you seldom get to do what you just want to do; you always do what you have to do.

Black revolutionaries do not drop from the moon. We are created by our conditions. Shaped by our oppression.

Somebody once said we never know what is enough until we know what's more than enough.

We won't organize any black man to be a Democrat or a Republican because both of them have sold us out. Both of them have sold us out; both parties have sold us out. Both parties are racist, and the Democratic Party is more racist than the Republican Party.

Self esteem comes from achievements. Not from lax standards and false praise.

Gazing into the mirror, I saw myself as I was-a black silhouette in the room, a woman whose darkness had completely leaked through.

Many [business] people focus on what is static, black and white. Yet great algorithms can be rewritten. A business process can be defined better. A business model can be copied. But the speed of execution is dynamic within you and can never be copied. When you have an idea, figure out the pieces you need quickly, go to market, believe in it, and continue to iterate.

Take joy in who you are, we know our wings are flawed.

We as Black people have to tell our own stories. We have to document our history. When we allow someone else to document our history the history becomes twisted and we get written out. We get our noses blown off.

Black eyeliner. It’s standard. It’s all you need. It just makes the world a better place.

Black is modest and arrogant at the same time. Black is lazy and easy - but mysterious. [...] But above all black says this: 'I don't bother you - don't bother me'