74 Quotes About Black-people

Idistinctly remember a debate about whether racism was simplydiscrimination, or discrimination plus power. Thinking about power made merealise that racism was about so much more than personal prejudice. It wasabout being in the position to negatively affect other people’s life chances.

Remember a Florida judge instructing a jury to focus only on the moment when George Zimmerman and Trayvon Marton interacted, thus transforming a seventeen-year-old, unarmed kid into a big, scary black guy, while the grown man who stalked him through the neighborhood with a loaded gun becomes a victim.

Stop killing my children. Have it all. My civil liberties. My basic human rights. It shouldn't be this way, but it is. And though I will struggle to refrain from telling you how much of an ingenious coward you are; you win.

Black bodies have become ornamental, haven't they?

Black people are either threats or entertainment.

For the multiculturalist, white Anglo-Saxon Protestants are prohibited, Italians and Irish get a little respect, blacks are good, native Americans are even better. The further away we go, the more they deserve respect. This is a kind of inverted, patronising respect that puts everyone at a distance.

Elegy to Black Panther"Yibambe, Mfalme, yibambe on your crossing to the ancestral landWhere we imagine the Infinity Gauntlet sitting safely upon your taloned hand.Rest in power, Mfalme, sleep peacefully, for your earthly battles are won;The King of Wakanda forever, our most esteemed, Native son.

Be comfortable in your black skin. If someone finds a threat in it, then they should visit their psychologist. 

Look at the rainbow, it is made up of different colors, yet they do not split, because they know how beautiful they are when they stick together.