You'd think that radio was around long enough that someone would have coined a word for staring into space.
If you want somebody to tell you a story, one of the most easiest and effective ways is if you're telling them a story.
I am mostly a pretty worried person. In conversations, I am always worried about what to say.
I liked the people at Brown, while I really disliked most of the fellow students I had met at Northwestern.
The very definition of 'blackness' is as broad as that of 'whiteness,' yet we're seemingly always trying to find a specific, limited definition.
In those days, man, in the '50s, black people in the South... We didn't recognize contracts that much. And we didn't recognize marriages that much, either.
My son don't have to say it loud, I'm black and I'm proud. He don't have to be called those crazy names.
I used to walk around saying that I'm just another black man without a college degree.
I remember being on a black-and-white set all day and then going out into daylight and being amazed by the colour.
I wear black because I'm comfortable in it. But then in the summertime when it's hot I'm comfortable in light blue.
You need some quick wins in order to stay pumped enough to get out of debt completely.
I made my way on to a grey list, a black list even. That's something I'm very proud of, actually.
I am the attorney general of the United States, but I am also a black man.
I tend to wear all black. I like feeling sexy, feminine, effortless, and real.
So one of the things that happened with integration in the South is they found that the black teachers were much more educated than the white teachers.
Everybody in the '80s, well, we hate rap. Now, the biggest rapper in the world... Eminem. Rap's a black thing.
I know most of the black players who preceded and followed me at Duke. They all contribute to our tradition of excellence on the court.
It wouldn't have mattered to my mother if I married a black, was gay, lived in a commune or wore a dress.
In fact, the class divide in the black community is now seen by some as a permanent aspect of our existence.
It's no surprise that White people say things when they are together about Black people.
We asked Jane Fonda if she would like to meet American pilots in Hanoi, but she refused, she didn't want to.
