I grew up very insecure. From the time I was little I used to hide under my mother's dress.
It's a waste of time to think that if you colored a painting red what might have happened if you painted it black.
Let me tell you the truth: I'm 45 years old. I never thought that I would live to see a black president.
Larry: [to Fay] I'm single, available, with the soul of a black man.
[walking over to some black thugs] Walt Kowalski: What are you spooks up to?
Rebecca: [making fun of Melorra] "Funky!" Enid: What, is she black now?
Sirius Black: [to Harry] Nice one, James!
The power of the white world is threatened whenever a black man refuses to accept the white world's definitions.
I used to rely on black-and-white, and while I was working on 'Smile,' I learned to adapt to color on my end.
I always turn to the sports pages first, which records people's accomplishments. The front page has nothing but man's failures.
Putting women in military combat is the cutting edge of the feminist goal to force us into an androgynous society.
I did it to myself. It wasn't society... it wasn't a pusher, it wasn't being blind or being black or being poor. It was all my doing.
I very much dislike the intolerance and moralism of many Christians, and feel more sympathy with Honest Doubters than with them.
One aspect of my mum's personality that has influenced me is her love of Hollywood and the golden era of black-and-white films.
If I were to call it black music, that would be untrue. I don't know what that is, unless it would be some African drums or something.
The fact that we elected Obama was a sign that the black struggle inherent in the blues and so much of the music I have loved can triumph.
Hip-Hop isn't just music, it is also a spiritual movement of the blacks! You can't just call Hip-Hop a trend!
I have four strikes against me. I'm black, I'm short, I'm intelligent, and I have a medical condition.
American exceptionalism is grounded in the founding of the United States upon an idea, rather than upon the ambitions of men.
It's not just dead men who tell no tales. Live ones don't have much to say for themselves, either.
Men should stop treating feminists like ladies, and instead treat them like the men they say they want to be.
