First and foremost, telling historical stories is very tricky because it is something that is known. It is not like you can tell a lie or change something that is written in black and white.
Mr. Cain would structurally change the voting demographic. There would be more black economic conservatives, and the Democrats would lose their stranglehold on the black vote.
I don't think anyone is black and white and I think we change our minds and our attitudes about certain things as we grow to our maturity.
The thing about black history is that the truth is so much more complex than anything you could make up.
Black history isn't a separate history. This is all of our history, this is American history, and we need to understand that. It has such an impact on kids and their values and how they view black people.
We must never forget that Black History is American History. The achievements of African Americans have contributed to our nation's greatness.
Any film I do is not going to change the way black women have been portrayed, or black people have been portrayed, in cinema since the days of D.W. Griffith.
Ebonics - or black English, as I prefer to call it - is one of a great many dialects of English. And so English comes in a great many varieties, and black English is one of them.
We were living in a tumultuous time, when the world was upside down. Freeman produced a show that was black and white, the good guys versus the bad guys.
In my own life, when I'm not working, I do wear a lot of black. I think I do feel very comfortable in black.
It took around 500 years to human to find out that black people are human and still they don't know why the universe is black
I disagree with the prevailing point of view of some black leaders that special treatment for blacks is acceptable.
Be the master of your craft in black and white, kick asses and run wild with it locally and globally.
Rap's conscious response to the poverty and oppression of U.S. blacks is like some hideous parody of sixties black pride.
Black people are inferior to Caucasians. Blacks constitute a totally distinct group; they overshadow the country with the germ... of evil.
It's about you. If you win, it's you; if you lose, it's you. Black and white. Nowhere to hide.
In 1975 I was among a group of blacks who formed the Black Americans in Support of Israel Committee.
I read that prior to the advent of color TV, most people dreamed in black and white.
Just telling a story. That's cinema. It's not silent, black and white. It's a simple story that's well made.
I was neither black enough for the black kids or Dominican enough for the Dominican kids. I didn't have a safe category.
I've always been a tomboy. I've always liked to wear red, black, and white, and mostly pants.
