33 Quotes About Black Person

I understand we all have our differences. But while learning about history I've read about white people coming together, Jews coming together, Spanish coming together, different cultures and religions understanding and coming together despite their differences. Slavery was never something that shocked me. What shocks me is how black people have not yet overcome the odds and we're such strong smart people. Why we can't just stand together? . Jonathan Anthony Burkett

Oh Maker, what did they really say about your black creation? I think you made a beautiful work of art on a canvass of rebellion. Hey, Maker! We are still selling out! Chinonye J. Chidolue

You have a color of your own- Dark chocolate, You have a culture your own- Hip pop, You have a revival of your own- Harlem Renaissance, You are the spot on a ladybug that adds its beauty, You are the pupil of an eye, You are the vastness of space, You are the richness of soil, You are the sweetness of dark chocolate, You are the mystery in nature, Blessed Black chocolate, God has made You to rule the Land, that made You a slave. Luffina Lourduraj

The power structure understands that Black folks have been hungry for so long, fixing us a plate now that's the same size as theirs would do nothing for our hunger. After all, they're pretty full and fat. They know we now require a much bigger plate than theirs to quiet the stomach rumblings. They see us and know what it looks like to be less powerful. They are fighting to never FEEL it. Darnell Lamont Walker

Superior, do you understand me? These are white people. They are not like you, or me or us. They have the power to hurt you. . and sometimes it's fun to them when they do. Their power is not because they are smart. . it's because. . something happened sometime. . started somewhere and they got on top of the world. They got the power. The only power you got is to learn to live with them, learn to read their minds. . til you can do better. They don't treat each other right. . so don't you look to be treated right. You hear me? Sometimes there's good white people. . but don't you act like that til you know that. J. California Cooper

I had begun to see a new map of the world, one that was frightening in its simplicity, suffocating in its implications. We were always playing on the white man's court, Ray had told me, by the white man's rules. If the principal, or the coach, or a teacher, or Kurt, wanted to spit in your face, he could, because he had power and you didn't. If he decided not to, if he treated you like a man or came to your defense, it was because he knew that the words you spoke, the clothes you wore, the books you read, your ambitions and desires, were already his. Whatever he decided to do, it was his decision to make, not yours, and because of that fundamental power he held over you, because it preceded and would outlast his individual motives and inclinations, any distinction between good and bad whites held negligible meaning. Barack Obama

Some of us are happy with our African hair, thank you very much. I don't want some poor Indian girl's hair. And I wish to God I could buy black hair products from black people for once. How we going to make it in this country if we don't make our own business? Zadie Smith

Holocaust survivors and their descendants are supposed to hate those who oppressed and killed them and their people. Black people are not. This is how anti-blackness works. Darnell Lamont Walker

I've always looked at America like a foster mother doing it only for the check. At any minute, I just knew she'd be ready to give up on me. Darnell Lamont Walker

Sentiments that glorify humanity know no racial distinction. Abhijit Naskar

Call up the ever-pure, the effulgent and the ever-radiant character of true humanism in yourself and in others, and no racism shall have the power to thrive in such society even for a few seconds. Abhijit Naskar

Tolstoy was a Caucasian, Gandhi was an Asian, and Martin Luther King Jr. was a Negro, yet all of their hearts were inspired by the one idea of nonviolent resistance. King received it from Gandhi, Gandhi received it from Tolstoy, and Tolstoy received it from Christ. Abhijit Naskar

It is character that should be the sole measure of judgement in the society of thinking humanity, and nothing short of that would do. Abhijit Naskar

If not as a true human, let me tell you as a Biologist, color of the skin does not define an individual’s intelligence — it does not define an individual’s ambitions - it does not define an individual’s dreams — and above all, it does not define an individual’s character. Abhijit Naskar

In the biological sense, race does not exist. Abhijit Naskar

If origin defines race, then we are all Africans — we are all black. Abhijit Naskar

America's put American Black Folks in such a bad position, empty plates and glasses now get us full. Darnell Lamont Walker

They made you an Amendment and convinced you it meant 'American. Darnell Lamont Walker

Just like "All American" means "White, " "All Lives" means "White. Darnell Lamont Walker

I consider myself an American African because we did not come by choice. Alafia Stewart

I am a descendent of a whole bunch of Black folk who couldn't be broken. Darnell Lamont Walker

Black bodies have become ornamental, haven't they? Darnell Lamont Walker

Black people are either threats or entertainment. Darnell Lamont Walker

When you're marginalized, there are no "them people, " if we're all on the outskirts of the same margin. Darnell Lamont Walker

I remember reading article about the woman in that Oakland neighborhood who lost all her children to violence. I wondered why'd she keep living there after the first one was killed. Didn't she care about the others? Today, I zoomed out and wondered why I'm still in America. Darnell Lamont Walker

The problem is, there is no geographical cure. No matter where we (Black American Folk) go, we are still too plugged into this place. Our cousins, grandmothers, aunts, nieces will be in this place. And the second we start looking at it as a "them" problem, we become another problem. Darnell Lamont Walker

White supremacy is a black person telling the people of Baltimore to chill out and try peace, thinking they came up with that thought all on their own. Darnell Lamont Walker

On Slavery: The saddest slap in the face is we have NO monument, no real statues or memorials, no special day of Atonement or Remembrance (NOT ONE), no thanks for 400+ years of free labor, forced servitude across the Trans-Atlantic, ass beatings, buying ourselves and families out of slavery, rape and plunder..but everyone else has monuments, special museums, and even movies. This is what America thinks of black people, so-called black president and all, who has been largely silent on this subject..we'll even celebrate Leprechauns, Easter Bunnies, and Secretary's Day before we acknowledge our history. Brandi L. Bates