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And when the time is right, I hope that African Americans will again look to the party of emancipation, civil liberty, and individual freedom.
The simple truth is that balding African-American men look cool when they shave their heads, whereas balding white men look like giant thumbs.
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.
Popular culture - above all rock 'n' roll, with its African-American R & B roots - did far more to radicalize us than did any feminist leader.
On average, African-American women are 4 times as likely to die from pregnancy related complications. Latina women are at 2 times greater risk.
There's always some difference between your Latino and African-American communities. But we definitely have more similarities than differences.
Something about the fact that an African American had, given the long sad history of our country, now become President - that was exhilarating.
I am convinced that the Black man will only reach his full potential when he learns to draw upon the strengths and insights of the Black woman.
Living consciously involves being genuine; it involves listening and responding to others honestly and openly; it involves being in the moment.
I was taught from a young age that many people would treat me as a second-class citizen because I was African-American and because I was female.
I stay connected in my head. I'm spiritually and psychologically connected to African-Americans. They are my people, and that will never change.
The first thing I did [in Michigan] was join a picket line of a pizzeria in Ann Harbor in 1963 that didn't allow African Americans to eat there.
My father and I made genetics history. We were the first African-Americans and the first father and son anywhere to have their genomes sequenced.
I believe that each of us-no matter what our age or background or walk of life-each of us has something to contribute to the life of this nation.
Republicans have called for a National African-American Museum. The plan is being held up by finding a location that isn't in their neighborhood.
Stand-ups are always good to see on YouTube. There's a guy named Mike Head who lives in Cleveland. He's great. He's an African-American stand-up.
Obamanomics, his imposition of European-style socialism is not working for African-Americans. It is not working for Latinos and African-Americans.
None of us is responsible for the complexion of his skin. This fact of nature offers no clue to the character or quality of the person underneath.
You know, I'm an African-American quarterback. That may scare a lot of people because they - they haven't seen nothing that they can compare me to.
Michigan is very racially separated and the city of Detroit itself is 84 percent African-American and the surrounding suburbs are 86 percent White.
No matter where you're from - you can be Native American, Italian, Jewish, Latino, African-American - whatever you are, we're all distant relatives.
America was magnificently characterized in November of 2008 when we elected, for the first time, an African-American President of the United States.
I knew that there were several, among African-American leaders, who had been put out by me because of my failure or reluctance to endorse Sen. Kerry
For African-American people, I am in the business of inventing a reality that gives a different perspective - on history, on crime, on art, on love.
In 2008, the Democrats made a great effort among African-American voters, and they did increase their turnout considerably, and among Latino voters.
I knew that there were several, among African-American leaders, who had been put out by me because of my failure or reluctance to endorse Sen. Kerry.
I fully understand that the African-American community has suffered from discrimination and that there are many wrongs that must still be made right.
I was well known to African Americans before Bill Clinton discovered me. He was like Christopher Columbus riding up on something he didn't understand.
It's unfortunate that a lot of people think African-American female artists are monolithically R&B this-or-that, don't have to do anything by default.
I always say African American history is the quintessential American story. It's about perseverance and resilience - something everyone can relate to.
In order to be profoundly dishonest, a person must have one of two qualities: either he is unscrupulously ambitious, or he is unswervingly egocentric.
I am committed to ensure that our 2008 Republican presidential candidates forthrightly address issues of importance to the African-American community.
I'm not going to sit at your table and watch you eat, with nothing on my plate, and call myself a diner. Sitting at the table doesn't make you a diner.
We can revolutionize the attitude of inner city brown and black kids to learning. We need a civil rights movement within the African-American community.
My mother is an African-American from the South Side of Chicago who married a white guy in 1978. She was hyperaware of racism and made me aware of that.
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.
According to the American Heart Association, the prevalence of hypertension in African Americans in the United States is among the highest in the world.
I hear all the time from our audience about how it's nice to see a positive African-American role model for the younger kids out there that are watching.
You can turn away the Mexicans, the African-Americans, the teenagers and other suspect groups, but there's no fence high enough to keep out the repo man.
I saw that the camera could be a weapon against poverty, against racism, against all sorts of social wrongs. I knew at that point I had to have a camera.
All Blaxploitation is, is the opportunity for an African-American cast or lead actor or actress to do the same things that a white action hero gets to do.
I was the first African-American woman to play Maggie in 'Cat on a Hot Tin Roof.' It was at the Virginia State Theatre, and we turned Richmond upside down.
Look at Hispanic women - they are being paid 42 cents on the dollar - or African-American women. I think it's an issue we have to look at across the board.
The first job I had with the Smithsonian was as a field researcher among African American communities in Southwest Louisiana and Arkansas for the festival.
I'd like to state that Spike Lee is not saying that African American culture is just for black people alone to enjoy and cherish. Culture is for everybody.
It doesn't matter how you travel it, it's the same road. It doesn't get any easier when you get bigger, it gets harder. And it will kill you if you let it.
Stop using the word 'Negro.' The word is a misnomer from every point of view. It does not represent a country or anything else ... I am an African-American.
To fully understand the black immigrant experience in the U.S., we must understand it not in contrast to the African-American experience, but central to it.
I don't live my life as a writer. I'm a mother, an African-American woman, and I do everything that everybody else does - cook and a little bit of cleaning.
It will be up to each of you to make sure that young people, African Americans, Latinos and women who powered our victory in 2008 stand together once again.