74 Quotes About Black-people
- Author Zadie Smith
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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?
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- Author Darnell Lamont Walker
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America's put American Black Folks in such a bad position, empty plates and glasses now get us full.
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- Author Darnell Lamont Walker
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Just like "All American" means "White," "All Lives" means "White.
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- Author Darnell Lamont Walker
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They made you an Amendment and convinced you it meant 'American.
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- Author Darnell Lamont Walker
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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.
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- Author Alafia Stewart
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I consider myself an American African because we did not come by choice.
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- Author Amelia Boynton Robinson
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It’s important that young people know about the struggles we faced to get to the point we are today. Only then will they appreciate the hard-won freedom of blacks in this country.
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- Author Jonathan Anthony Burkett
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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?
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- Author Darnell Lamont Walker
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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.
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