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Black Quotes

The rise of African nations concurrent with the spread of the Nation of Islam and the civil rights movement gave black America a burst of pride over and above anything they had had since the decline of the movement of Marcus Garvey Picture Quote #1

I’m a black American playwright. I couldn’t be anything else. I make my art out of black American culture; they’re all cut out of the same cloth. That’s who I am; that’s who I write about Picture Quote #1

The impact of black music and black art forms on American culture is really difficult to appreciate Picture Quote #1

Progress for black Americans depends on good schools because education is the last great equalizer Picture Quote #1

We were arguing about what was good to deal with making education fairer, diverse and more American. We were not arguing about where black scientists get a good education Picture Quote #1

Now we have black and white elected officials working together. Today, we have gone beyond just passing laws. Now we have to create a sense that we are one community, one family. Really, we are the American family Picture Quote #1

It was weird - writing is a stupid thing to do. I come up here in the morning to a pleasant room in the roof of my house and imagine I’m a black South American football superstar; then I have to imagine I’m a female pop celebrity who’s pregnant. It’s a completely mad way to spend your time Picture Quote #1

Visit the Navy-Yard, and behold a marine, such a man as an American government can make, or such as it can make a man with its black arts - a mere shadow and reminiscence of humanity, a man laid out alive and standing, and already, as one may say, buried under arms with funeral accompaniments Picture Quote #1

I walked out on American Gangster: this evil piece of dreck. Defenders of this junk say that these movies give Black actors jobs. So did Birth of a Nation Picture Quote #1

The one thing I’ve learned, getting out to all those foreign and domestic locales, is that people in every country of the ‘civilized’ world wish - either secretly or openly - that they had the expressiveness, the flair, the I’m-so-glad-to-be-me spirit that black folks have made a part of American life Picture Quote #1

Black lives matter. White lives matter. Asian lives matter. Hispanic lives matter. That’s anti-American and it’s racist Picture Quote #1

The hope, the hope that lives in the breast of the black American, is just so tremendous that it overwhelms me sometimes Picture Quote #1

There’s been a lot of talk about black men and the presence and absence of black men in positions of power in American culture Picture Quote #1

The gestures and the swagger and the attitude of black men is imitated everywhere in American culture, but people still find black men intolerable Picture Quote #1

It is imperative that young white men and women study the black American history. It is imperative that blacks and whites study the Asian American history Picture Quote #1

I think what I listen to now is what I listened to as a kid which is kind of black American soul. I love soul music Picture Quote #1

It is important for us to remember that black people have been patriotic and have fought for that American dream in every American war Picture Quote #1

I voted for Barack because he was black. ‘Cuz that’s why other folks vote for other people - because they look like them... That’s American politics, pure and simple Picture Quote #1

Most of black America is in housing projects, without jobs, living on welfare. And this is not the case in ‘The Cosby Show,’ because all the values in that household are strictly what I would call white American values Picture Quote #1

No woman on this whole earth can please me and cook for me and socialise and talk to me like my American black woman Picture Quote #1

I try to convey what it feels like and sounds like and smells like and looks like inside of my particular skin, to move through the world as a black American woman in her mid-twenties Picture Quote #1

I’m one of the few Black writers, or African American writers, who managed to work my way through the system so that it has allowed me to speak in a kind of free way. But most African American writers don’t have that. They don’t have that opportunity, they don’t have that Picture Quote #1

My generation of writers has been prone to premature illness and death, especially the women. When Black male writers meet it’s like a session of the American Diabetic Association Picture Quote #1

People only say I’m angry because I’m black and I’m a woman. But all sorts of people write with strong feeling, the way I do Picture Quote #1

I never liked my father. He really was a dullard and misanthrope. My mother and he were married for 22, years and it was an ill match. She encouraged me to be a writer. She opened her home to black friends, and this was the 1950s. She didn’t care later when I write about her Picture Quote #1

Hillary, you’re a strong woman, you’re an intelligent woman - you’re not a good woman. But if you want to do good, let the Black man go, and stop deceiving them, that you are really their friend. If you were their friend, why did you kill Muammar Gadhafi? Picture Quote #1

I must forget you forever; that kind face, beautiful smile and heartbreaking black eyes, I should have known that, angels are not made for humans Picture Quote #1

I grew up when one of America’s greatest black playwrights, August Wilson, was writing about life in Pittsburgh, but I never saw myself in any of his straight-male plays. And then I see ‘Angels,’ which was so honest and painful, and it had this black drag queen in it, Belize, with a big heart. I finally had a character to relate to Picture Quote #1

White folks, no matter how well-meaning or open-minded, have no true idea what it’s like to be black in America. That’s not a slam against white people or an accusation of latent bigotry. But the fact is that we all live in an Anglo-dominated society Picture Quote #1

If there are a couple of adjectives people use to describe me, anger is usually in there. I’ve never taken that as criticism. It’s the way I naturally communicate. But I’m not faux-angry, like Lewis Black, or angry like a gun-toting crazy person. I’m just angry in a mild way - it’s not like I’m going to do anything about it Picture Quote #1

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The rise of African nations concurrent with the spread of the Nation of Islam and the civil rights movement gave black America a burst of pride over and above anything they had had since the decline of the movement of Marcus Garvey. (Black Quotes) I’m a black American playwright. I couldn’t be anything else. I make my art out of black American culture; they’re all cut out of the same cloth. That’s who I am; that’s who I write about. (Black Quotes) The impact of black music and black art forms on American culture is really difficult to appreciate. (Black Quotes) Progress for black Americans depends on good schools because education is the last great equalizer (Black Quotes) We were arguing about what was good to deal with making education fairer, diverse and more American. We were not arguing about where black scientists get a good education. (Black Quotes) Now we have black and white elected officials working together. Today, we have gone beyond just passing laws. Now we have to create a sense that we are one community, one family. Really, we are the American family. (Black Quotes) It was weird - writing is a stupid thing to do. I come up here in the morning to a pleasant room in the roof of my house and imagine I’m a black South American football superstar; then I have to imagine I’m a female pop celebrity who’s pregnant. It’s a completely mad way to spend your time. (Black Quotes) Visit the Navy-Yard, and behold a marine, such a man as an American government can make, or such as it can make a man with its black arts - a mere shadow and reminiscence of humanity, a man laid out alive and standing, and already, as one may say, buried under arms with funeral accompaniments. (Black Quotes) I walked out on American Gangster: this evil piece of dreck. Defenders of this junk say that these movies give Black actors jobs. So did Birth of a Nation. (Black Quotes) The one thing I’ve learned, getting out to all those foreign and domestic locales, is that people in every country of the ‘civilized’ world wish - either secretly or openly - that they had the expressiveness, the flair, the I’m-so-glad-to-be-me spirit that black folks have made a part of American life. (Black Quotes) Black lives matter. White lives matter. Asian lives matter. Hispanic lives matter. That’s anti-American and it’s racist. (Black Quotes) The hope, the hope that lives in the breast of the black American, is just so tremendous that it overwhelms me sometimes. (Black Quotes) There’s been a lot of talk about black men and the presence and absence of black men in positions of power in American culture. (Black Quotes) The gestures and the swagger and the attitude of black men is imitated everywhere in American culture, but people still find black men intolerable. (Black Quotes) It is imperative that young white men and women study the black American history. It is imperative that blacks and whites study the Asian American history. (Black Quotes) I think what I listen to now is what I listened to as a kid which is kind of black American soul. I love soul music. (Black Quotes) It is important for us to remember that black people have been patriotic and have fought for that American dream in every American war. (Black Quotes) I voted for Barack because he was black. ‘Cuz that’s why other folks vote for other people - because they look like them... That’s American politics, pure and simple. (Black Quotes) Most of black America is in housing projects, without jobs, living on welfare. And this is not the case in ‘The Cosby Show,’ because all the values in that household are strictly what I would call white American values. (Black Quotes) No woman on this whole earth can please me and cook for me and socialise and talk to me like my American black woman. (Black Quotes) I try to convey what it feels like and sounds like and smells like and looks like inside of my particular skin, to move through the world as a black American woman in her mid-twenties. (Black Quotes) I’m one of the few Black writers, or African American writers, who managed to work my way through the system so that it has allowed me to speak in a kind of free way. But most African American writers don’t have that. They don’t have that opportunity, they don’t have that. (Black Quotes) My generation of writers has been prone to premature illness and death, especially the women. When Black male writers meet it’s like a session of the American Diabetic Association. (Black Quotes) People only say I’m angry because I’m black and I’m a woman. But all sorts of people write with strong feeling, the way I do. (Black Quotes) I never liked my father. He really was a dullard and misanthrope. My mother and he were married for 22, years and it was an ill match. She encouraged me to be a writer. She opened her home to black friends, and this was the 1950s. She didn’t care later when I write about her. (Black Quotes) Hillary, you’re a strong woman, you’re an intelligent woman - you’re not a good woman. But if you want to do good, let the Black man go, and stop deceiving them, that you are really their friend. If you were their friend, why did you kill Muammar Gadhafi? (Black Quotes) I must forget you forever; that kind face, beautiful smile and heartbreaking black eyes, I should have known that, angels are not made for humans. (Black Quotes) I grew up when one of America’s greatest black playwrights, August Wilson, was writing about life in Pittsburgh, but I never saw myself in any of his straight-male plays. And then I see ‘Angels,’ which was so honest and painful, and it had this black drag queen in it, Belize, with a big heart. I finally had a character to relate to. (Black Quotes) White folks, no matter how well-meaning or open-minded, have no true idea what it’s like to be black in America. That’s not a slam against white people or an accusation of latent bigotry. But the fact is that we all live in an Anglo-dominated society. (Black Quotes) If there are a couple of adjectives people use to describe me, anger is usually in there. I’ve never taken that as criticism. It’s the way I naturally communicate. But I’m not faux-angry, like Lewis Black, or angry like a gun-toting crazy person. I’m just angry in a mild way - it’s not like I’m going to do anything about it. (Black Quotes)

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