“I have my great grandmother's recipe for black beans, all the way from Cuba, and I know how to make those. I'm actually pretty good at it now. But my first time, the beans actually exploded in the pot, so I had black beans just dripping from the ceiling - which is actually a dream come true for most Cubans. It was a nightmare to clean.” KnowsWayFirstsDreamBlackKnow HowFirst TimeCleanGrandmotherNightmarePotRecipesDreams Come TrueCubaCeilingsBeansCubanDrippingGreat Grandmother Author:Danny Pino
“My worst hair experience was when I was trying to relax my hair and my grandmother did it. It went all straight and I looked like a black Bee Gee.” TryingBlackWorstHairRelaxGrandmotherBeesMy GrandmotherBee Gees Author:Jamie Foxx
“Had I not had my grandmother, who dared to be my rainbow in the clouds, I would have been just another sexually abused barefoot black girl on the roads of Arkansas.” Has BeensGirlBlackCloudsGrandmotherRainbowMy GrandmotherSexuallyBarefootArkansasBlack Girl Author:Maya Angelou
“As I do not live in an age when rustling black skirts billow about me, and I do not carry an ebony stick to strike the floor in sharp rebuke, as this is denied me, I rap out a sentence in my note book and feel better. If a grandmother wants to put her foot down, the only safe place to do it these days is in a note book.” IfsWantFeelsBookAgeBlackFeetSafeSticksNotesRapSentencesStrikesThese DaysGrandmotherDeniedFeel BetterSkirtsRebukeSafe PlacesNote Book Author:Florida Scott-Maxwell
“I don't do drugs. Because my grandmother raised me. I think like an old, black, Southern woman. If I'd have done coke, I'd probably be cooking pancakes.” IfsThinkingDoneBlackDrugCookingRaisedGrandmotherSouthernMy GrandmotherCokePancakesSouthern Women Author:Paul Mooney
“The great thing about the moon landing is that my grandmother got the first color TV in order to be able to see the moon landing that was in black and white.” FirstsAbleOrderBlackWhiteColorTvsMoonGreat ThingsGrandmotherBlack And WhiteMy GrandmotherLandingMoon Landing Author:Alfonso Cuaron