Black People Quotes - Page 6

• It would be a horrible mistake for black people to say, as some have said, "We don't recognize him..." If you refuse to deal with him (Bush), the resources at his disposal will be given to others.

  Charles E. Blake

  Mistake, People, Scary

  "Some Black Pastors See New Aid Under Bush" by John Leland, www.nytimes.com. February 2, 2001.

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• Some playwrights are obvious influences on younger writers. Arthur Miller (realistic, politically engaged dramas) and Christopher Durang (satirical dark comedies) are examples. But August stands apart, ... He has his special way of seeing things. I remember he and I were at one of those fancy benefits the Rep has. The gay men's chorus was singing, and I was very proud to have brought them into a Rep event. And August says, 'You know, I don't see any black people up there.' That was his focus the lives of black people.

  Daniel J. Sullivan

  Drama, Gay, Dark

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• Black people have been working hard for decades.

  Cornel West

  Work, People, Black

  "CNN Hosts Leftists Saying Cain Should Get Off 'Crack Pipe'". Interview with Suzanne Malveaux, www.mrc.org. October 10, 2011.

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• If Id lived prior to the 1980s, it would have been different, because I would have been playing to prove African Americans are equal. Now, I dont necessarily feel I have to play for black people, because obviously theyre doing everything in all sports. If I can go out there and play for myself and not feel I have to stand for something other than what I want to do, thats good.

  Venus Williams

  Sports, Play, People

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• Creo que los negros de este país han llegado a un punto en el que deben reservarse el derecho a hacer lo que sea necesario para ejercer un control total sobre los políticos de su propia comunidad por todos los medios que sean necesarios.

  Malcolm X

  Country, Mean, Exercise

  Fuente: nyx.uky.edu

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• I have done more for black people than any other person in the nation, North or South.

  Strom Thurmond

  People, Black, Done

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• Los problemas de los negros no residen en las cabezas de los blancos, sino en las vidas desperdiciadas e incompletamente realizadas de demasiados negros.

  Dinesh D'Souza

  Lying, White, People

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• [ Negro leaders] never let the white man know exactly what black people are thinking.

  Malcolm X

  Men, Thinking, White Man

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• ¿Por qué ustedes, los blancos, desarrollaron tanta carga y la llevaron a Nueva Guinea, pero nosotros, los negros, teníamos poca carga propia?

  Jared Diamond

  Blanco, Gente, Negro

  Jared Diamond (2017). "Armas, gérmenes y acero: The Fates of Human Societies", p.9, W. W. Norton & Company

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• Black people cannot and will not become integrated into American society on any terms but those of self-determination and autonomy.

  Gerda Lerner

  Determinación, Ser, Personas

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• A cynic had defined aid as simply the system by which poor white people in rich countries gave money to rich black people in poor countries to put into Swiss bank accounts.

  Wilbur Smith

  Country, Rich Countries, White

  Wilbur Smith (2013). “Wilbur Smith's Smashing Thrillers: Hungry as the Sea, Elephant Song and Wild Justice”, p.686, Pan Macmillan

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• Black History Month is a great celebration for Black people everywhere. I just hope we get to the point as Black people that we celebrate everyday like it is Black History month by living our lives and aspiring to be all we can. Many people lost their lives for us to have the privileges we have so we need to honor them by striving to be the best we can be.

  Crystal Robinson

  People, Black History, Everyday

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• El Mes de la Historia Negra está dedicado a los héroes que allanaron el camino a los negros. Es un mes muy importante porque da la oportunidad de conocer a nuestros héroes a quienes no los conocen. No se trata sólo del mes, sino de los años que nos ha costado llegar a este mes, y no se puede valorar lo mucho que significa para mí el Mes de la Historia Negra.

  Alana Barba

  Hero, Mean, Years

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• To be Christian is to be one of those whom God has chosen. God has chosen black people!

  James H. Cone

  Christian, People, Black

  James H. Cone "Teología negra y poder negro", Orbis Books

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• Durante generaciones, incluso muchos sureños blancos, por lo demás decentes, aprendieron a despreciar a los negros.

  Linda Chávez

  Blanco, Gente, Negro

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• The only black people you found were occasional characters or characters who were so feeble-witted that they couldn't manage anything, anyway. I wrote myself in, since I'm me and I'm here and I'm writing.

  Octavia Butler

  Escritura, Carácter, Personas

  "Unseen Octavia E Butler stories recovered" by Alison Flood, www.theguardian.com. April 30, 2014.

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• We are fighting so that insults may no longer rule our countries, martyred and scorned for centuries, so that our peoples may never more be exploited by imperialists not only by people with white skin, because we do not confuse exploitation or exploiters with the colour of men's skins; we do not want any exploitation in our countries, not even by black people.

  Amílcar Cabral

  País, Lucha, Hombres

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• IQ tests are routinely used as weapons against Black people in particular and minority groups and poor people generally. The tests are based on white middle-class standards, and when we score low on them, the results are used to justify the prejudice that we are inferior and unintelligent. Since we are taught to believe that the tests are infallible, they have become a self-fulfilling prophecy that cuts off our initiative and brainwashes us.

  Huey Newton

  Believe, Cutting, White

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• It's not that George Bush doesn't care about black people, god made hurricanes, not people who can't swim.

  Zach Braff

  People, Swim, Black

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• I don't like the term 'black people', I find it demeaning to those of us that actually qualify as 'people'.

  Zach Braff

  People, Black, Term

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• You always see black people complaining about this and that, but you never see me complaining about how slow they work on my plantation.

  Zach Braff

  People, Black, Complaining

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• I believe that when it comes to major foreign policy issues, many prefer to have black people seen and not heard.

  Cynthia McKinney

  Believe, Issues, People

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• People make jokes about how black people are the first ones to be killed off.

  Sanaa Lathan

  People, Black, Firsts

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• Los negros no tienen una idea exacta de su historia, que ha sido suprimida o distorsionada.

  Kareem Abdul-Jabbar

  Basketball, Ideas, People

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• De lo que tiene que darse cuenta el hombre blanco de América es de que hay una nueva forma de pensar entre los negros de hoy que hace que no estén dispuestos a sentarse a esperar cinco años a que se resuelva este problema, y mucho menos cien años.

  Malcolm X

  Men, Thinking, White Man

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