Black Quotes

The projects that I end up doing, that I want to be involved with in any way, have always been projects that will be impactful, for the most part, to my people - to black people.

Chadwick Boseman
- People
- Up
- Black
There’s no black male my age, who’s a professional, who hasn’t come out of a restaurant and is waiting for their car and somebody didn’t hand them their car keys.

Barack Obama
- Age
- Hand
- Car

The force of the idea was such that I drew the car to the side of the road and stopped and, for some reason, laughed. It was a loud laugh, unsteady, and sounded, even to my own ears, slightly maniacal. Thinking back now, I realise it was less a laugh than the birth-cry of my dark and twin brother Benjamin Black.

John Banville
- Thinking
- Dark
- Car
The biggest problem I had with starring in Scrubs were the black doctors. I just had to keep telling myself this show was satire.

Zach Braff
- Black
I got into the business because I love writing. When it came down to finding my voice, which every writer has to take time to do, I think I realized I write black people very well. I write us in a very honest way, and I want to hear the way we really talk.

Lena Waithe
- People
- Time
- Writing
I majored in directing. However, I did spend some time at the Schomburg Center for Research in Black Culture in Harlem, so I am somewhat well-versed in African Studies.

Chadwick Boseman
- Time
- Black
- Culture
Just as black anger often proved counterproductive, so have these white resentments distracted attention from the real culprits of the middle class squeeze - a corporate culture rife with inside dealing, questionable accounting practices, and short-term greed.

Barack Obama
- Real
- Culture
- Attention
While violence is part of what it means to be part of the black diaspora in the United States, that is not all it means to be black.

Clint Smith
- Black
- Violence