There’s already been black presidents who’ve been corrupt, so it doesn’t strike me that having a black man in office means he’s going to be the Messiah. – Lupe Fiasco
For a black student to work in southwest Mississippi for example – or in the Delta in 1960, 1961, 1962 – was high-risk work. – John Doar
For the most part, I’ve been influenced by black singers and singers I couldn’t sound like. Whenever I tried to do a dark note or a bent note, I would just sound like Hootie And The Blowfish. – Justin Vernon
I have to say I love Dempsey’s Brew Pub & Restaurant. It’s gorgeous with that Camden Yard brick surrounding it, and it just screams Baltimore. I love the Black and Orange Burger that is topped with fresh orange bell peppers, caramelized onions and sharp cheddar cheese. – Johnathon Schaech
It’s about very talented writers, directors, producers, and actors being in a position for their projects to be supported, but there’s just not enough black projects being made. – Mahershala Ali
The prison industrial system, things like that are cleverly put in place to attempt to marginalize a certain group of people – and it’s not only black, it’s replete across the American society. – Keith Stanfield
Black people don’t have an accurate idea of their history, which has been either suppressed or distorted. – Kareem Abdul-Jabbar
For a quick, healthy meal that’s also fun for kids, I serve fish tacos: soft tortillas, lettuce, tomatoes, black beans and brown rice. – Kim Raver
I think most people, when they think about the Black Panther Party, they think in very abstract, caricatured terms. They think about black fists in the air, but they don’t think about the actual people, and the families, and the relationships. – Kerry Washington
All black Americans have slave names. They have white names; names that the slave master has given to them. – Muhammad Ali
I love Obama, and I love the fact that it’s a black president of the United States of America, but he’s not the first black president. Robert Mugabe is a black president, too, so let’s not get to talking about precedents being set. – Lupe Fiasco
I’m obsessed with broccoli, carrots, celery, string beans, snap peas, black kale, brussels sprouts, cabbage – I could go on! They used to call me ‘rabbit’ when I was a kid. I hate mushrooms, though. I apologize to fungi lovers, but this way, there’s more for you! – Lisa Edelstein
The spirit of Ubuntu, that once led Haiti to emerge as the first independent black nation in 1804, helped Venezuela, Colombia and Ecuador attain liberty, and inspired our forefathers to shed their blood for the United States’ independence, cannot die. Today, this spirit of solidarity must and will empower all of us to rebuild Haiti. – Jean-Bertrand Aristide
I suppose that I inherited the same vocabulary and world view as most black Christians do, most Christians in general, to be sure. It was heterosexist in the sense that it took the heterosexual orientation as the norm from which to start as the given. And everything that fell outside of that was not acceptable. – Michael Eric Dyson
A lot of times when people cast me, they want this big, deep black voice… And I tend to recycle them with different roles from time to time. – Kevin Michael Richardson
I had one incident where my daughter said that a girl asked if she was a brown person. I said, ‘We’re black. You have black people, white people, Chinese people, Hispanic people; we’re all brought up differently.’ – Kevin Hart
It is hard for a black man to just be himself. We spend so much time in defense of something that is indefensible because there is nothing to defend. – Kevin Eubanks
Ultimately, when I deliver something, a lot of times it will be from a black woman’s perspective, but other times it will be just from a satirical, goofy perspective. – Jessica Williams
‘Pretty Deadly’ is the story of these immortal and mortal characters, and the mortals’ story follows Sarah’s family, a black family, through the ages. I never made the choice of, ‘Oh, this is gonna be the story of an African American family!’ – Kelly Sue DeConnick
There are certain tuxes you can get away with a black tie, but with others, you’d be dishonoring the workmanship if you didn’t wear a full bow tie. – Luke Evans
I’m a 3rd degree black belt in Tae Kwon Do and 2nd degree in karate, and I’m a licensed bodyguard. – Katheryn Winnick
I have a beautiful pair of Giuseppe Zanotti black pumps that make me feel like a model every time I put them on. I have a pair of Jimmy Choo flats I would marry, if I could. – Lauren Oliver
General relativity predicts that time ends inside black holes because the gravitational collapse squeezes matter to infinite density. – Lee Smolin
The economical policies that are instigated really makes you think that the American government is a bunch of evil bastards. So just because you’re black, you’re still representing that government, and when Obama came into office he enacted the same policies that we would critique other presidents for. – Lupe Fiasco
Finally, the complexities of black relationships are being portrayed in television and film. – Lisa Nicole Carson