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Black People Quotes (page 3)

Any film I do is not going to change the way black women have been portrayed, or black people have been portrayed, in cinema since the days of D.W. Griffith. Spike Lee
James Rado quote: "The draft is white people sending black people to fight yellow..."
The draft is white people sending black people to fight yellow people to protect the country they stole from red people. James Rado
It's almost like a lot of black people in America, a lot of young black men, are born with this cloud over their heads. It's their penitentiary cloud, this philosophy we all have, that it's harder for us. Erykah Badu
A lot of black people believe that Jews in this country have become white. They behave like white people rather than Jewish people. Toni Morrison
One principle I've been fighting for that doesn't endear me to a lot of people is that black people can be just as complicated and screwed up as white people. Our motives can be just as base and violent. Suffering does not necessarily ennoble you. Henry Louis Gates
That's true but I think the contemporary problem that we are facing increasing numbers of black people and other people of color being thrown into a status that involves work in alternative economies and increasing numbers of people who are incarcerated. Angela Davis
I was just very interested in the American frontier and the growth of capitalism - those enormous fortunes that were being made, more often than not, on the blood of poor people, black people, Indian people. They were the ones who paid very dearly for those great fortunes. Peter Matthiessen
You have to look at the fact that Hip Hop is under attack. It's not just Hip Hop but Black people, Latino people and all people are under attack for different things. Afrika Bambaataa
Kools and Newports were for black people and lower-class whites. Camels were for procrastinators, those who wrote bad poetry, and those who put off writing bad poetry. Merits were for sex addicts, Salems were for alcoholics, and Mores were for people who considered themselves to be outrageous but really weren't. David Sedaris
Despite what some people have said, President Bush did not want black people to die in New Orleans. However, he did hope they would not relocate to any areas of Texas that he likes to frequent. Scott McClellan
That's just how white folks will do you. It wasn't merely the cruelty involved; I was learning that black people could be mean and then some. It was a particular brand of arrogance, an obtuseness in otherwise sane people that brought forth our bitter laughter. It was as if whites didn't know they were being cruel in the first place. Or at least thought you deserved of their scorn. Barack Obama
Toni Morrison quote: "For a long time I was convinced that the conflict between..."
For a long time I was convinced that the conflict between Jewish people and black people in this country was a media event. Toni Morrison
Jasmine Guy quote: "If black people mistrust white people, they are mistrusting..."
If black people mistrust white people, they are mistrusting racism, and that is appropriate. Jasmine Guy
Nikki Giovanni quote: "White people really deal more with God and black people with..."
White people really deal more with God and black people with Jesus. Nikki Giovanni
Henry Louis Gates quote: "It's no surprise that White people say things when they are..."
It's no surprise that White people say things when they are together about Black people. Henry Louis Gates

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