In fairy tales the bad guy is very easy to spot. The bad guy is always wearing a black cape so you always know who he is.

Disfranchisement is the deliberate theft and robbery of the only protection of poor against rich and black against white.

The best thing about wearing black is that you can hide pretty easily, unless you're in like Hawaii, then you can't hide.

Rap's conscious response to the poverty and oppression of U.S. blacks is like some hideous parody of sixties black pride.

I have a black look I do not like. It is a mask I try on. I migrate toward it and its frog sits on my lips and defecates.

As the old saying goes, 'money is power' and the more money the government takes, the more power it has over individuals.

Love was that way. You could not render it in black or white. It always came down to the strange, blended shades of grey.

You fainted,' Tom said. Reg coughed. No, I didn't,' he said. 'Women faint. People afraid of needles faint. Men black out.

Many voted in 2008 with the desire to see racism and racists humiliated by having a qualified black man elected president.

There were certain expectations that were assumed of me as a young black American 20th-century - then 20th-century artist.

When I got to Grinnell College, I was part of the black turtleneck sweater and Camel cigarette crowd of poets and writers.

She felt as if the world were tilting and she was clinging on helplessly, trying to keep from tumbling into a black abyss.

Maybe its a generational thing, but I never wanted to be the best black dancer in the world. I just wanted to be the best.

Donald Trump has not held an event in the black community. He has not gone to a black church, as Hillary Clinton has done.

When I need to work up my nerve to write a tough column, I try to think of myself as Emma Peel in a black leather catsuit.

Someone is always at my elbow reminding me that I am the granddaughter of slaves. It fails to register depression with me.

I know what's good for me. I can't play black or gray. I can't be a villain or anything close to one. I have to play white

They chose me for Lawrence of Arabia because I spoke English, had black hair, black eyes and a moustache. It was all luck.

For the red carpet, I like a platform heel, but for everyday, it's mostly Converse high-tops or booties with black tights.

The dream was not to put one black family in the White House, the dream was to make everything equal in everybody's house.

I just dress like... I'm an old black man. Sorry! Like I'm an old Jewish black man. I just dress like it's still the '50s.

And I've always been very close to my friends and allies in the black community, the Latino community and organized labor.

Scientists have discovered a black hole that is 12 billion times the size of our sun. It's full of Hillary Clinton emails.

There was, like, this black hole where the world used to be, and we were both falling toward it. What could we hold on to?

Your first name's white, your second is Hispanic, and your third belongs to a black. No wonder you don't know who you are.

The use of soul-force for turning stones into bread would have been considered, as it is still considered, as black magic.

Could it be that my circle is largely black and that it is why I am influential in black circles but not in white circles?

The zenith of elegance in any woman's wardrobe is the little black dress, the power of which suggests dash and refinement.

In Stamps the segregation was so complete that most Black children didn't really, absolutely know what whites looked like.

There’s no doubt that there’s some folks who just really dislike me because they don’t like the idea of a black President.

It's so hard to express yourself, because swimmers are pretty much paying attention to a black line for hours out of a day.

It's really not enough to just have black women. A really good idea could be to comment on how they are treated by society.

"I could give you my word as a Spaniard," Inigo said. "No good," the man in black replied. "I've known too many Spaniards."

Maybe it's a generational thing, but I never wanted to be the best black dancer in the world. I just wanted to be the best.

'I Got a Feeling' by the Black Eyed Peas - Reminds me of happy, fun times with my friends and makes me want to jump around.

I just feel Black women, we get slept on a lot and people don't recognize our greatness in our curls and in chocolate skin.

I find it weird when [model] agents say, 'You're the only black girl booked for the show. Isn't it great?' Why is it great?

My workday begins around 11 A.M., with a cup of black coffee in each hand. If I had more hands, there would be more coffee.

The Million Man March, in one day, helped to defeat all of the evil propaganda spread about Black men throughout the world.

It's a great day in America when white people, black people and Latinos can all come together and pick on another minority.

God tells us not to judge one another, no matter what anyone's sexual preferences are or if they're black, brown or purple.

For me war has become a flat, black depression without highlights, a revulsion of the mind and an exhaustion of the spirit.

Obviously, you try not to repeat yourself so that forces you to re-evaluate what you're doing constantly [in Black Mirror].

I serve black tea, which I call Froggy tea. And I have green teas and all sorts of nice teas. I'm serving tea all the time.

As Believers, we shine brightest in a sad and dark world; like a diamond that illuminates best when placed on black velvet.

I have one good characteristic: I'm a pessimist, so I always imagine the worst - always. To me, the future is a black hole.

We will not stop fighting until every single black life is provided the type of love and support we so desperately deserve.

Black coffee’s a lot like whiskey, you know? All devil and no trimmin’s. Always liked my sins pure and take it as it comes.

When white people eat potato chips, they're called white people. When black people eat potato chips, they're called niggas.

One of the greatest gifts of Black feminism to ourselves has been to make it a little easier simply to be Black and female.

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