326 Quotes About African-american

Now goverments are a different thing. Presidents who do not want me. As I said, an African-American discriminates against an indigenous Bolivian. Well, they have their reasons, but sooner or later we will all be judged.

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.

Groups like the NAACP, The Anti-Defamation League, NOW and GLAAD, will respond to derisive language directed at their constituents. The price paid by those who cavalierly chose to verbally disrespect the dignity of African Americans, Jews, women and homosexuals is steep.

There is no way that we know what is going on between the African American and the Asian American. We don't understand what an Indigenous American is. We don't understand what a Latino American is

The lives of most men are patchwork quilts. Or at best one matching outfit with a closet and laundry bag full of incongruous accumulations. A lifetime of training for just ten seconds.

When I got near teen age, I was so happy with my friends and the African-American culture that I couldn't imagine not being part of it.

I believe that each of us-no matter what our age or background or walk of life-each of us has something to contribute to the life of this nation.

Whether you come from a council estate or a country estate, your success will be determined by your own confidence and fortitude.

I would love to get a role that changes the landscape of being an African American woman in television and film.