Blackness Quotes (page 4)

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• music
• black
• acceptance

Black music has increased my enjoyment of what I do. It has increased my range, my ability to reach into myself and accept myself. Michael Bolton

• black
• culture
• black culture

Black culture is something I don't relate to much at all. Dennis Rodman

• sports
• people
• black

Black people dominate sports in the United States. 20% of the population and 90% of the final four. Chris Rock

• black
• manly
• mans

Black man, you are on your own. Steven Biko

• people
• black
• evening

Black people don't even question things any more, they simply follow the lead. Tim Reid

• determination
• powerful
• black

Black Power is giving power to people who have not had power to determine their destiny. Huey Newton

• angel
• love
• hot love

Black as the devil, hot as hell, pure as an angel, sweet as love. Charles Maurice de Talleyrand

• black
• difficult times
• book

Black people were very angry with me for writing the book. A lot of people didn't believe me, or didn't want to believe me, and that used to really bother me. It was a very painful and difficult time. LaToya Jackson

• god
• integrity
• black

Black men of integrity cannot make a deal with a politician and leave out the poor of the nation, all God's children. Jesse Jackson

• black
• conscience
• been

Black and Jewish leaders have been a coalition of conscience. Jesse Jackson

• women
• black
• images

Black women don't have the same body image problems as white women. They are proud of their bodies. Tyra Banks

• girl
• black
• girls

Black women have always been these vixens, these animalistic erotic women. Why can't we just be the sexy American girl next door? Tyra Banks

• people
• black
• history

Black people don't have an accurate idea of their history, which has been either suppressed or distorted. Kareem Abdul-Jabbar

• black
• green
• red

Dear White Fella When I am born I’m black When I grow up I’m black When I am sick I’m black When I go out ina sun I’m black When I git cold I’m black When I git scared I’m black And when I die I’m still black. But you white fella When you’re born you’re pink When you grow up you’re white When you git sick you’re green When you go out ina sun you go red When you git cold you go blue When you git scared you’re yellow And when you die you’re grey And you got the cheek to call me coloured? Steven Pinker

• cool
• hardship life
• black

Once upon a time black male “cool” was defined by the ways in which black men confronted hardships of life without allowing their spirits to be ravaged. They took the pain of it and used it alchemically to turn the pain into gold. That burning process required high heat. Black male cool was defined by the ability to withstand the heat and remain centered. It was defined by black male willingness to confront reality, to face the truth, and bear it not by adopting a false pose if cool while... Bell Hooks