“There is a big risk for the Republicans in a race, especially with Hillary Clinton as a likely Democratic nominee in a contest that will focus on the possibility of the first woman president to be six months suspending up the nomination of a black woman, who is imminently qualified.” FirstsBigsBlackPresidentRaceFocusRiskPossibilityMonthsRepublicanSixDemocraticClintonContestsBlack WomenSix MonthsQualifiedNominations Author:Barack Obama
“Many [business] people focus on what is static, black and white. Yet great algorithms can be rewritten. A business process can be defined better. A business model can be copied. But the speed of execution is dynamic within you and can never be copied. When you have an idea, figure out the pieces you need quickly, go to market, believe in it, and continue to iterate.” PeopleNeedsBelieveIdeasProcessBlackWhiteFocusPiecesFiguresModelsSpeedDefinedExecutionWithin YouBlack And WhiteStaticAlgorithmsBusiness Models Author:Gurbaksh Chahal
“If white and black and red and brown can come together to focus our energies on overcoming the racial malaise that persists, then this will have been a great moment.” IfsHas BeensMomentsTogetherEnergyBlackWhiteFocusRedOvercomingBrownPersistGreat MomentsMalaise Author:Michael Eric Dyson
“In the early 1970s in Atlanta, I attended what had formerly been an all-white school but had become a black school after integration and white flight. Perhaps because of this, the teachers created a curriculum that included a focus on African American literature and history year-round, not just in February.” YearsSchoolLiteratureBlackWhiteFocusTeacherRoundsFlightAfrican AmericanIntegrationCurriculumFebruaryAtlantaAmerican Literature Author:Natasha Trethewey
“Hip-hop is very diverse, but if you only focus on one aspect of it, then what you get is this image of Black America that is completely contrary to what actually goes on.” IfsAmericaBlackFocusGoes OnAspectHip HopContraryHipsHopsDiverseBlack America Author:Prince
“People often ask me if I feel discriminated against as a black female director. I don't. I'm actually offered a ton of stuff. But I only want to direct what I write. And I prefer to focus on black female characters. What's most important to me is to put characters up onscreen who are not perfect, but who are human and flawed.” PeopleIfsWantFeelsWritingHumansImportantCharacterAsksStuffBlackPerfectFocusDirectorsFemaleDirectAsk MeFlawedNot PerfectFemale Characters Author:Gina Prince-Bythewood
“I try to focus less on the actual items and more on the way they make me feel. I like color around my face because it does something to me emotionally. I don't like to wear black because it brings me down.” WayFeelsTryingDoeFacesBlackFocusColorItemsBring Me Down Author:Nicole Richie
“I think we have to really focus on the issues much more than we may have in the past. I think we have to seek to create coalitional strategies that go beyond racial lines. We need to bring black communities, Chicano communities, Puerto Rican communities, Asian American communities together.” ThinkingNeedsMayTogetherPastBlackCommunityLinesIssuesFocusStrategyAsianAsian AmericanBlack Community Author:Angela Davis
“No other group in America has so had their identity socialized out of existence as have black women... When black people are talked about the focus tends to be on black men; and when women are talked about the focus tends to be on white women.” PeopleMenAmericaBlackWhiteExistenceFocusGroupsIdentityBlack PeopleBlack Women Book:Ain't I a Woman: Black Women and Feminism Source: Ain't I a Woman: Black Women and Feminism