"It's impossible for 30 million black people to be violent against 170 million - we need a mental revolution, unity in coming together, and not physical."
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"It was a sphincter at the top of a black bowl. A fitting commentary on the FAYZ, Diana thought. A giant sphincter."
"Sam, that's a great concept. And maybe you believe it. But I'm black and I'm a lesbian, so let me tell you: From what I know? Personal experience? There are always lines."
"Finally, the complexities of black relationships are being portrayed in television and film."
"I feel like the stillness of Ralph Angel - him being formerly incarcerated, being a Black man, being misunderstood in this world, I felt like that brought him to a place where he thought he had to be an observer - externally and internally."
"As a young, Black man, I absolutely feel responsible."
"The slaves were simply turned loose without any property. They were easily recognizable. They were black. They were suddenly free to go exploring."
"The Circle Theatre, black people had to sit in the balcony. Any theater with a balcony, black people had to sit up there. Black people couldn't check into any hotel except their own. And black people couldn't eat anywhere except in their own restaurants."
"One of the things I'm going to say out there is how grateful I am - and how grateful the world is - for the tremendous gift of the black people, of jazz."
"I may sound a little black, but I'm really pretty well adjusted."
"Richard Nixon was a criminally insane Monster - Bill Clinton is a black-hearted Swine of a friend."
"Black seems to make a colour cloudy, but darkness doesn't. A ruby could thus keep getting darker without ever becoming cloudy; but if it became blackish red, it would become cloudy."