“Ordinarily, I go to the woods alone, with not a single friend, for they are all smilers and talkers and therefore unsuitable. I don't really want to be witnessed talking to the catbirds or hugging the old black oak tree. I have my way of praying, as you no doubt have yours. Besides, when I am alone I can become invisible.” WayWantI CanBlackTalkingDoubtTreePrayingWoodsInvisibleMy WayNo DoubtHugOaksTalkersOak Tree Author:Mary Oliver
“Whatever my doubts, however heavy the burden, I feel that I must accept the task of helping to make this nation and this world a better place to live in - for all men, black and white alike.” MenWorldFeelsHelpingNationsBlackWhiteAcceptingDoubtThis WorldTasksBurdenHeavyBlack And WhiteBetter PlacePlaces To Live Author:Martin Luther King, Jr.
“There is a mental fear, which provokes others of us to see the images of witches in a neighbor's yard and stampedes us to burn down this house. And there is a creeping fear of doubt, doubt of what we have been taught, of the validity of so many things we had long since taken for granted to be durable and unchanging. It has become more difficult than ever to distinguish black from white, good from evil, right from wrong.” LongHas BeensEvilHouseFearDifficultBlackWhiteTakenDoubtTaughtNeighborGrantedWitchProvokingYardsValidityTaken For GrantedUnchangingStampede Author:Edward R. Murrow
“If fallacies come knocking at my door,I'd rather feed, and shelter full a score,Than hide behind the black portcullis, doubt,And run the risk of barring one Truth out.And if pretension for a time deceive,And prove me one too ready to believe,Far less my shame, than if by stubborn act,I brand as lie, some great colossal Fact.” IfsBelieveFactsRunningLyingBlackBehindsDoubtRiskDoorsReadyProveShameBrandsScoreShelterDeceivingStubbornKnockingFallacyPretensionColossal Book:Leafs On An Idle Breeze - My Inspirational Poems (Annotated Edition) Source: Leafs On An Idle Breeze - My Inspirational Poems (Annotated Edition)
“I jumped in the river, what did I see? Black-eyed angels swam with me A moon full of stars and astral cars And all the figures I used to see All my lovers were there with me All my past and futures And we all went to heaven in a little row boat There was nothing to fear and nothing to doubt.” LittlesPastUsedHeavenStarsBlackDoubtCarFiguresLoversAngelRiversBoatMy PastMy LoverRadioheadRow Boats Author:Thom Yorke
“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
“There's no doubt that many of the mainstream white institutions tend to be cosmetic and symbolic when it comes to including African-Americans, whereas we black folk tend to be much more sensitive about embracing others, and we have a long history of that.” LongBlackWhiteDoubtInstitutionsIncludingFolksAfrican AmericanSensitiveNo DoubtMainstreamSymbolicCosmetics Author:Cornel West
“Goethe's devil is a cultivated personage and acquainted with the modern sciences; sneers at witchcraft and the black art even while employing them, and doubts most things, nay, half disbelieves even his own existence.” ArtBlackExistenceHalfDoubtModernDevilWitchcraftModern ScienceEmployingSneerBlack Art Book:Miscellanies Source: Miscellanies
“We black women must forgive black men for not protecting us against slavery, racism, white men, our confusion, their doubts. And black men must forgive black women for our own sometimes dubious choices, divided loyalties, and lack of belief in their possibilities. Only when our sons and our daughters know that forgiveness is real, existent, and that those who love them practice it, can they form bonds as men and women that really can save and change our community.” KnowsMenRealSometimesFormChoicesBeliefWomenBlackCommunityWhitePracticeDoubtPossibilitySonRacismDaughterMen And WomenSlaveryForgivingLoyaltyConfusionDividedWhite ManBlack WomenOur CommunityOur DaughterDubious Book:Saving Our Sons Source: Saving Our Sons
“There is no doubt that the issue of race is always present in American politics and in the politics of any multiracial society. There is also no doubt that for some people it is an element in the manifested hostility to Obama. But I don't think it is the major theme at all. Obama is right when he reminds people: By the way, I was black before the election.” PeopleThinkingWayBlackRaceIssuesDoubtElementsMajorsElectionThemeNo DoubtAmerican PoliticsHostilityMultiracial Author:Al Gore
“When I have my Afro and walk down the street, there's no doubt that I'm black. With this [straightened] hair, if I talk about being black on air, viewers write and say, "You're black?!" I feel [straightening your hair] is giving up a sense of your identity. Let's be honest: It's an effort to look Anglo-Saxon.” IfsGivingFeelsWritingLooksBlackWalksEffortDoubtAirStreetsHonestIdentityHairGiving UpBeing HonestNo DoubtViewersAfrosAnglo Saxon Author:Jami Floyd