Black Quotes

Thank God for the efforts of Black Lives Matter – we’ve seen an awakening in this era in a way we didn’t see in Daddy’s era in terms of people coming to grips with white privilege.

Seven out of 10 black faces you see on television are athletes. The black athlete carries the image of the black community. He carries the cross, in a way, until blacks make inroads in other dimensions.

A blank canvas is still better than a ruined painting.

If you wear black socks with white shoes then we can’t be friends.

The black fist is a meaningless symbol. When you open it, you have nothing but fingers – weak, empty fingers. The only time the black fist has significance is when there’s money inside. There’s where the power lies.

The pain and emotional trauma caused by the racism and violence we are witnessing toward the black community has a long reach.

Nothing is black or white.

The silver and black may have another home, but the Raiders will always belong to the people of Los Angeles.

My heart goes out to all black people who have been mistreated and feeling like this their entire lives.

The emancipation of man is the emancipation of labor and the emancipation of labor is the freeing of that basic majority of workers who are yellow, brown and black.