“I think all races are represented in America much more than in many other places, but it's also nice to remind people about that ethnic mix. I would like to see more black models and women from different ethnic backgrounds, but I also think that when you are casting, you just choose the most beautiful girl you can find.” PeopleThinkingDifferentAmericaBeautifulGirlBlackRaceNiceModelsBackgroundsCastingBeautiful GirlEthnic Background Author:Diane von Furstenberg
“Part of the approach envisaged in bringing about Black Consciousness has to be directed to the past, to seek to rewrite the history of the black man and to produce in it the heroes who form the core of the African background” MenPastFormBlackConsciousnessProduceHeroApproachCoreBackgroundsBlack Consciousness Author:Steven Biko
“With the advance of knowledge, therefore, prayer and sacrifice assume the leading place in religious ritual; and magic; which once ranked with them as a legitimate equal, is gradually relegated to the background and sinks to the level of a black art.” ArtBlackReligiousPrayerLevelsMagicSacrificeEqualAssumingBackgroundsRitualReligious RitualsBlack Art Author:James G. Frazer
“In real life, you can't get a job as an executive unless you have the educational background and the opportunity. Now the fact that you are not an executive is merely because of the social standing of life... Black people have a hard time getting anywhere. And those that do, are usually straight. In a ballroom, you can be anything you want.” PeopleWantRealHardFactsJobsOpportunitySocialBlackStandingEducationalReal LifeBackgroundsHard TimesExecutivesBlack PeopleBallroomEducational Background Author:Dorian Corey
“My mother always told me to embrace both sides of my background. And she also taught me one very useful thing when I was going to first grade. She said, "You're Bahamian and African-American on one side, and Russian-Jewish on the other. You're no more one than the other, and it's beautiful that you have all this. It makes your life all the more rich. But society will see you only as black."” FirstsSaidBeautifulMotherSidesBlackRichTaughtEmbraceBackgroundsAfrican AmericanGradesBoth SidesUseful Things Author:Lenny Kravitz