“You never want to be the whitest-sounding black guy in a room.” WantGuyBlackRoomsBlack Guys Author:Jordan Peele
“A Murphy [Eddie Murphy] movie is like a Sidney Poitier comedy - he's that intensely good... He revolutionized acting. He's literally black Brando. Before Eddie Murphy, there were two schools of acting for a black actor: Either you played it LIKE THIS or youplayeditlahkdis. He was the first black guy in a movie to talk like I am talking right now. That did not exist for black actors before him.” FirstsTwoSchoolGuyActorsBlackActingTalkingComedyRight NowMurphyBrandoBlack Guys Author:Scott Raab
“It wasn't about Larry Holmes, if I would have fought a brother I wouldn't have gotten the money I got. Give me 10 black guys and I make eight dollars. Give me Gerry Cooney and I make $10 million.” IfsGivingGuyBlackMillionsBrotherGive MeDollarsEightLarryHolmesBlack Guys Author:Larry Holmes
“Holyfield won the fight. It's not the first time Romney has been knocked out by a black guy.” FirstsHas BeensGuyFightingBlackFirst TimeRomneyBlack Guys Author:David Letterman
“It's amazing that people still feel, 'Oh my gosh, it's a black guy.' We've been here for a long time; let's get used to it. Let's get used to other cultures.” PeopleFeelsLongStillsUsedGuyCultureBlackLong TimeOther CulturesOh My GoshBlack Guys Author:John Boyega
“A lot of black guys always ask me, 'Did Larry Bird really play that good?' I said, 'Larry Bird is so good it's frightening.'” SaidPlayGuyAsksBlackBirdAsk MeFrighteningLarryBlack Guys Author:Magic Johnson
“It's barely OK for me to be dressed up as a black guy. But part of me kind of enjoys provoking people.” PeopleKindGuyEnjoyBlackProvokingDressed UpBlack Guys Author:Chris Lilley
“For me the music community was always like a model for what could be. The way people would play together, just harmony and being - old guys and young guys, black guys and white guys. It was setting an example for what the rest of us could be.” PeopleWayPlayTogetherYoungGuyBlackCommunityWhiteExampleModelsHarmonySettingSettingsWhite GuysOld GuysYoung GuysBlack GuysBeing OldSetting An Example Author:Bill Frisell
“Why is it that it's okay to call a white person "mate" yet it's not okay to call a black guy "primate"?” PersonsHumorFunnyGuyBlackWhiteOkayMatesPrimatesNot OkayBlack Guys Author:Frankie Boyle
“When you see a black guy on TV, he's always a thug or always portrayed as someone that's in trouble. It spreads the message to everyone else that that's who we are. People often don't try to understand black men as a whole. We're creative, strong and influential.” PeopleMenTryingWholeGuyStrongBlackCreativeTroubleTvsMessagesSpreadWho We AreInfluentialThugBlack Guys Author:Thomas Jones
“Prince is king to me. As this half-naked, short black guy who looked like a girl in the 70s and 80s, he was talking about women in a way that was very unusual because he didn't objectify them.” WayGuyGirlBlackHalfTalkingKingsNakedUnusual80sBlack Guys Author:Robyn
“I voted for the black guy, and what we got was the white guy” GuyBlackWhiteWhite GuysBlack Guys Author:Michael Moore
“I'll give you an example. Henry, the old black guy who cooks the corn bread, he worked on the railroads for about 20 years so he knows how to lay and build track.” KnowsGivingYearsGuyBlackKnow HowExampleLaysTrackBreadCooksCornCornyRailroadsBlack Guys Author:Marc Singer
“I am more than a black guy. I am a person, I'm storyteller, I'm a son, I'm a friend, so I am all those things so it is frustrating to a degree to be limited by other people's perceptions of me but at the same time, it is true that I am a black guy and it's like I'm rooted in, but not bound by. That sort of mentality, that's the one that I hold to be true.” PeoplePersonsGuyBlackSonDegreesPerceptionBoundsBeing TrueMentalityRootedStorytellerFrustratingBlack Guys Author:Justin Simien
“It is frustrating having to walk through America having to bob and weave people's impressions of me because they see a tall, black guy walking down the street. That is frustrating.” PeopleAmericaGuyBlackWalksStreetsWalkingImpressionTallBobFrustratingBlack Guys Author:Justin Simien