African American Quotes

If somebody comes up and they're African American as Mike is, and they're extremely talented as Mike is, they say, "Oh, yeah, he's the next ..." I think that it points to disparity.

Every pastor I talk to says, and particularly if they're African American they'll say, "I'm not black enough for African Americans. I'm not white enough for the whites. I'm not Hispanic enough."

Blackness is not simply a reactionary title or identity; that is indeed the "negative" way of characterizing African American identity.

Michael Joseph Jackson's genius was the ability to be the raw article himself - the real article himself. He is part of the African American people who were marginalized.

Police officers are the best of us. And the men and women, white, African-American, Asian, Latino, Hispanic, they put their lives on the line every single day.

If you want a president who will make things better in the African-American community, you are looking at him.

Once there are more African Americans and Asian Americans behind the scenes as producers, writers, and directors, I think more inclusive casting will happen.

I had a white senator call me a rag head, and I had an African-American legislator call me a conservative with a tan.

People who are overweight face discrimination. African-Americans face discrimination. Women face discrimination and sexism. So I don't have the luxury of not being tolerant of anyone.

It is impossible for African-Americans not to feel like their government is particularly targeting them.

I would argue that the objective evidence shows that big government is not a friend to African Americans.

The most dangerous place for an African-American in this country is in the womb.

I don't use the term "black" very often. I use the term African-American more than I use "black".

I am an African-American in America. That will never change. But I don't have to be defined by that.

I don't play too much into the color game, because I don't want to be the best African American quarterback, I want to be the best quarterback.

I don't think we're getting the empathy, and identifying with the situations that many African Americans experience. That's the problem with how the story is being reported.

In 2012 President Obama didn't go anywhere near African-American communities. Why? Because unemployment was so high there, he didn't want to address it.

Barack Obama happens to be the first African-American, and so criticism of him is and always was gonna be racism, and therefore not permitted.

That cracker made a lot of African-American millionaires.

The whole idea of the first female president is not nearly as momentous or exciting as the first African-American.

A grievance is a political action. It's not just African-Americans.

To my knowledge, no progressive educator has ever suggested that children didn't need to know the "mere facts" about the contributions of African Americans to our society.

This is, for an accomplished Latino, an accomplished African American, an accomplished anyone who disproves stereotypes, it's a constant battle in your life.

One of the great things about African-Americans is that we've always had this attitude: We make do with what we got. It comes from our ancestors being slaves.

If you're going to get in the ring and try to take the belt, you have to prepare to get hit.

The point is, you have an ethnic heritage and you have a human heritage. Your human heritage includes everything of human value.

In particular in how [Barack Obama] has directed what you could describe as patronizing remarks to African-American communities.

I would flip this the other way and say over 90 percent of African-Americans voted against Donald Trump.

The blues style - moody or rollicking or boastful or bashful - developed in the Delta around 1900 and was, for a time, exclusively African-American. That isn't the case anymore.

It is so painful to suggest that we go back to think about these days where an African-American could not be a citizen of the United States.

I've always gotten a positive reaction to doing African-American characters.

I was very fortunate to be able to represent an icon to many African Americans.

I did want to mark the fact that it was the first African-American to win the Lead Actress category.I thought it was so progressive.

I have a well-balanced show. It's 50/50 on men/women, and also African-American/white writers, it's the same thing. I have four African-American writers, and four non-African-American writers.

I love the fact that a lot of my audience is people from the inner city. African-Americans love my films.

I feel at home in a lot of places, but I am truly an African-American.

It was hard to love a woman that always made you feel so wishful.

There's organized confusion on African roads while driving in the cities. If you want to mess up Afican Cities very easy, just fly in 100 Americans put them on the road and tell them to drive.

My teeth ache, my gums hurt, and my cat is tearing me apart, wanting you in every way imaginable. Your body. Your magic. Your fire spirit. Your blood.

Trust her heart, Assefa, and believe in yourself. No matter the challenge, no matter the foe, be brave, be wise, be the undefeated Mngwa of lore.

Africans must change their mind and actions.The keys to building your continent depends on your will-power, persistent effort and action towards self liberation.

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