Because I'm a young black man driving a really nice, expensive car, I sometimes get harassed when I'm rolling through a ghetto neighbourhood.
I beg people not to accept the seasonal ritual of well-timed charity on Christmas Eve. It's blasphemy.
My dad was such a bigot. He was a horrible, self-centred person. He was really racist and he'd talk about the Jews and blacks and Catholics even.
My dad was a Marine. He was one of the Montford Point Marines. Those are the equivalent of the Tuskegee Airmen for Marines. He's a tough, tough guy.
You know my father as governor, as president, but I knew him as dad. I was so proud to have the Reagan name and to be Ronald Reagan's son.
All has been looted, betrayed, sold; black death's wing flashed ahead.
There is nothing of any consequence in education, in the economy, in city planning, in social policy that does not concern black people.
But, I understand that Black Comb and Whistler are supposed to be great for snowboarding. So I am looking forward to going there someday soon.
When I got married, I hired a great choir - the St. James Choir, an all-black gospel choir - to sing at my wedding.
This is a great time for the 'guerilla marketer.' The days when you used to have to buy expensive TV time and a yellow page ad to get started are gone.
It's a great day in America when white people, black people and Latinos can all come together and pick on another minority.
As far as trucks, the great thing about a Range Rover is if you're going out for a dinner, even a black tie event, you can take the Range Rover.
Unlike some mainland black groups, Tasmanian Aborigines now have no traditional tribal culture left. It was taken from them with great violence and great rapidity.
If we could buy these properties and then invest in the Black community, with our own McDonald's, with our own Kentucky Fried Chickens, it was gonna be a great move.
I always say my music is like dark blue or black, like a punch to your gut that feels really good.
The television industry doesn't like to see the compexity of the world. It prefers simple reporting, with simple ideas: this is white, that's black; this is good, that's bad.
But Bill Clinton had the good taste to lie about his sexual peccadillos. He had the honor and the decency to want to cover it up.
I've never drunk coffee. I'm convinced it has something to do with why my skin is good. I have either mint, green or black tea.
It doesn't matter if it's black-and-white. If a movie has a story that is filled with emotion, you can have as much pleasure, and it's very good for cinema.
For those of us in the financial world, Black Friday has a strong negative connotation, referring to a stock market catastrophe.
Let go of offence. Let go of fear. Let go of revenge. Don't live angry, let go now!
