“There were so few black men who were successful and who successfully conveyed black male fear - how America can make you feel crazy, and how America can create interesting levels of contradiction.” MenFeelsAmericaBlackInterestingLevelsSuccessfulCrazyMalesContradictionBlack Males Author:Hilton Als
“One of the things I noticed when I worked at Vibe was that backstage at a fashion show, they always referred to the black models as "black girls." I thought, "They never say 'white girls.'” ShowsGirlBlackWhiteFashionModelsFashion ShowBlack GirlWhite Girl Author:Hilton Als
“Every time I put a collection together I'd scrap it because there was no "meaning," until I wrote about the two black men - friends - in the beginning of the book. So much of their experience was ABOUT trying to find friends in the authors/artists I wrote about - subjects that were/are a source of comfort, somehow, since none of them "fit," either” MenTryingTwoBookTogetherArtistBlackSubjectsSourceFitComfortCollectionsScrap Author:Hilton Als
“People approach people of color with preconceived ideas. I don't think this is just restricted to white people, but I think that lots of black and white artists, when race is a subject matter, they put race or the ideology around race first. They don't see the person and the complications of the human being.” PeopleThinkingArtistBlackIdeologyBlack And WhiteComplication Author:Hilton Als
“I'm very interested in the question of how we perceive something, how consciousness goes from one thing, like looking at you in your black hat to what it might mean to my imagination and how I would draw that or write that, how I would subjectify you? It's something that is endlessly interesting to me.” WritingMeanBlackImaginationInterestingConsciousnessPerceiveMy Imagination Author:Hilton Als
“For black people, being around white people is sometimes like taking care of babies you don't like, babies who throw up on you again and again, but whom you cannot punish, because they're babies.” PeopleSometimesCareBlackWhiteBabyBlack PeopleAgain And AgainYou Again Book:White Girls Source: White Girls
