“Now look at the crowd. We’ve got everybody here tonight: Black, white, Asian, Latinos—and guess what? President Obama says we can all stay! God Bless America!” LooksAmericaBlackPresidentWhiteCrowdsTonightBlessPresident ObamaAsianLatinoGod BlessBlack WhiteGod Bless America Author:Pitbull
“Security people are often the black-and-white kind of people that I can't stand. I think the OpenBSD crowd is a bunch of masturbating monkeys, in that they make such a big deal about concentrating on security to the point where they pretty much admit that nothing else matters to them.” PeopleThinkingKindI CanMatterBigsBlackWhiteDealsSecurityCrowdsBunchBlack And WhiteMonkeysBig DealConcentrating Author:Linus Torvalds
“There are a lot of good comics, no doubt, but as far as the quality of the comics goes, I think what you have is a bunch of situational comics - there are black comics that work only black crowds, gay comics that do only gay crowds, and southern comics that only work down South, and so on with Asian, Latino, Indian, midgets, etc. The previous generation's comics were better because they had to make everybody laugh.” ThinkingBlackQualityLaughingDoubtGenerationsGaySouthCrowdsBunchIndianNo DoubtEtcSouthernAsianLatinoMidgetPrevious Generations Author:Chris Rock
“Even if its a white crowd, I tell my jokes for the four black people in the room, not the 100 whites.” PeopleIfsBlackWhiteRoomsFourJokesCrowdsBlack People Author:Gary Owen
“When I got to Grinnell College, I was part of the black turtleneck sweater and Camel cigarette crowd of poets and writers.” BlackCollegePoetCrowdsCigaretteSweatersCamelsTurtlenecks Author:Peter Coyote
“I can't really hear the audience applause when I'm on stage. I'm totally immersed in the piece. But sometimes I get a lot of it and wonder, "Now, why did they applaud here?" If it's a white crowd, they usually applaud because they think it's a pretty movement. If it's a black crowd, it's usually because they identify with the message.” IfsThinkingI CanSometimesBlackWhiteWonderAudiencePiecesStageMovementMessagesDanceCrowdsApplause Author:Judith Jamison
“We live in a consumer culture, and Black Friday is like the July 4th of that culture. It might be good not to live in this culture, but it terms of what we can do to make people safer at big sales, it seems more useful to try to avoid dangerous crowd conditions.” PeopleTryingBigsSeemsMightCultureBlackTermCan DoConditionsDangerousCrowdsBe GoodConsumersFriday4th Of JulyJulyConsumer CultureBlack Friday Author:John Seabrook