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When I was fourteen, I was one of those kids who wore all black because it matched everything. Seriously.
— Amelia Atwater-Rhodes
This isn't Dungeon & Dragons, dude. Just because I'm wearing black doesn't mean I have the Find & Remive Traps skill.
— John G. Hartness
When I have White, I win because I am white; When I have Black, I win because I am Bogolyubov
— Nikolay Bogolyubov
My mother always said I must be part Mongolian because of my lotus-pale complexion and squid-ink black hair.
— Diane Ackerman
I think race has been a burden for black Americans. Being Muslim has also been a challenge because so many people do not understand Islam.
— Kareem Abdul-Jabbar
I wear black because I'm comfortable in it. But then in the summertime when it's hot I'm comfortable in light blue.
— Johnny Cash
I got arrested for playing chess in the street. I said, it's because I'm black, isn't it.
— Milton Jones
I never refused my help to any person black or white; and I liked the office nonetheless because there were neither fees nor salary connected with it.
— Salmon P. Chase
I don't think that the United States are ready for a presidency as the one of Obama, at least because he would be the first black president.
— Gianfranco Fini
The truth always arrive too late because it walks slower than lies. Truth crawls at a snail's pace.
— Maryse Conde
I'm here because I stand on many, many shoulders, and that's true of every black person I know who has achieved.
— Vernon Jordan
When I was at Baylor, I wasn't fully happy because I couldn't be all the way out. It feels so good saying it: I am a strong, black lesbian woman.
— Brittney Griner
I love writing about black women, but if you go beyond that, we're human beings - and because we're human beings, it's universal for everybody.
— Mara Brock Akil
I'm fighting the label of 'Black' actress simply because it's very limiting in people's eyes, especially people who are making movies.
— Whoopi Goldberg
I think Black intellectuals see too deeply. That's the problem. It's a cause of anxiety, because we see things differently.
— Ishmael Reed
I'm black because that's the way the world sees me.
— Paula Patton
Either because I was an athlete or because I was black - probably both - there seemed to be a clear assumption that I wouldn't be up to the work.
— Kareem Abdul-Jabbar
Because I'm black?" I straight out ask, hating that being different can be a code word for being black, for something that isn't white. "No" - he
— Sona Charaipotra
I do not make jokes about Sarah Palin simply because I could not live in this world if I believed she was a real person.
— Lewis Black
Because one day I'll leave you a phantom to lead you in the summer to join the black parade
— Gerard Way
I know love because I know the absence of it, you know what I mean? Like, I know black because I've seen white, something like that
— C.M. Stunich
I've let it slide because you're new at this, but the sub doesn't get to demand to be fucked.
— Lilly Black
I need a lot of black on my eyes and a little shot of vodka to be brave, because you're beautiful when you relax.
— Carine Roitfeld
I know that I'm talented, and I know that I'm not in American Ballet Theater because I'm black - I'm here because I'm a gifted dancer.
— Misty Copeland
People only say I'm angry because I'm black and I'm a woman. But all sorts of people write with strong feeling, the way I do.
— Jamaica Kincaid
I didn't really understand racism because I grew up in an all-black society, so I didn't see how it was possible not to like me!
— Jamaica Kincaid
I had to do the book because there was an unauthorised biography which didn't tell it like it was.
— Cilla Black
I wear black on the outside, because black is how I feel on the inside.
— Steven Morrissey
I'm light skinned, and I used to lean on that because that's something a lot of black people pride themselves on, and it's weird.
— Chance The Rapper
I love black because it affirms, designs and styles. A woman in a black dress is a pencil stroke.
— Yves Saint-Laurent
I am excited to have a black president because white supremacy is real and it needs to be shattered.
— Cornel West
I think my friends wife has been banging a black guy. Because they just had a baby. And the baby had a hole in it.
— Anthony Jeselnik
I covered the scar with concealer every day because I wanted my body to be a flawless figurine, but this blemish would be with me forever.
— Scarlet Risque
Black boys became criminalized. I was in constant dread for their lives, because they were targets everywhere. They still are.
— Toni Morrison
I'll never admit that I'm an actor, because the next horrible follow-up question is always, "Oh, what have I seen you in?"
— Michael Ian Black
I hate the term 'black' because it doesn't bring to life who we are as a people. The term 'black' has more negative synonyms than the term white.
— Isaiah Washington
Because of where I come from, I never thought I'd see in my life a black candidate running for President.
— Samuel L. Jackson
I must say the more interesting songs to me were the black ones because they were more simple.
— John Lennon
My town was all-white and shut down Section 8 housing because they didn't want black people to move into the town. And I thought that was wrong - duh.
— Cecily McMillan
But I didnt do anything wrong.. Which is stupid of course, things dont happen to people because they deserve them.
— Holly Black
I AM GRATEFUL FOR ALL OF THEBACKSTABBING
BECAUSE IT MADE ME
A STRAIGHT-SHOOTER! — Qwana M. BabyGirl Reynolds-Frasier
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We [black actors] are more respected in Europe, because in Europe, I'm not a black actor - I'm an action star. In America, I'm a black actor.
— Fred Williamson
If I were her? First thing I'd do is torch my little black book and start over again. Because the men that woman attracts are just plain odd.
— Elizabeth Bevarly
I wear black diamonds instead of regular ones because I'm not flashy, just flossssy.
— Justin Bieber
I'd love to have Michael Jackson [in my show] because he's black and white. So he would appeal to a universal demographic.
— George Lopez
It was human who said BLACK is SAD. I don't believe. You know why. Because I am BLACK but am HAPPY.
— Ahamed Nafaz Raja.S.N
I detest racialism, because I regard it as a barbaric thing, whether it comes from a black man or a white man.
— Nelson Mandela
My film (Black Venus) had been very emotionally draining and difficult because I had identified so much with the lead character, Saartjie Baartman.
— Abdellatif Kechiche
Sometimes I wonder if I got lulled into not wanting things because I grew up black in this country.
— Kevin Eubanks
I don't like the selfie because it's too close. There ain't no people with arms long enough to do a selfie of me.
— Cilla Black
When I was very young I couldn't watch anything black and white on TV because I knew the people moving were now dust.
— Dave Eggers
Because as a youngster I longed to see the Black man free and I longed to see anyone stand up for us.
— Louis Farrakhan
How about, 'I just kissed a guy at Black Weeds because you've been ignoring me. P.S. I love you.
— Jeri Smith-Ready
....and on occasion I like to write in pencil, because I need to know that I can erase the words, even if I never do.
— Bruce Black
If I were going to fight and steal, It'd be because I had no choice. It would be for survival.
— Jodi Meadows
