“I had that upbringing. Of watching 'Bonanza,' watching 'Hee Haw,' which both black and white would watch. I rode horses. I did gun spinning as a kid. I do these things.” KidsBlackWhiteWatchesGunHorseBlack And WhiteSpinningUpbringingHee Haw Author:Jamie Foxx
“White people's fear of Black people with guns will never cease to amaze me. Probably it's because they think about what they would do were they in our place. Especially the police, who have done so much dirt to Black people - their guilty conscience tells them to be afraid. When Black people seriously organize and take up arms to fight for our liberation, there will be a lot of white people who will drop dead from no other reason than their own guilt and fear.” PeopleThinkingReasonDoneFightingBlackWhiteArmsGunConsciencePoliceGuiltCeaseGuiltyLiberationBlack PeopleDirtOrganizeGuilty Conscience Author:Assata Shakur
“My daddy was a carpenter that worked with the Jones boys, who are the most notorious in America. The black gangsters, you know, they were no joke. And he was their master carpenter. He used to build their homes, and all I saw when I was 11 years old were dead bodies and tommy guns and stogies, and backrooms, you know, Drexel Wine and Liquor, with the big piles of money underneath.” KnowsYearsHomeBodyBigsAmericaUsedBlackBoysSawsMastersJokesGunWineDaddyLiquorGangstersCarpenterNotorious Author:Quincy Jones
“You know why Guns n' Roses aren't a good band? Because no black people listen to them.” PeopleKnowsBlackBandGunRoseBlack PeopleGuns N RosesGood Bands Author:Anton Newcombe
“The imperialistic or capitalistic system occupies areas. It occupies Vietnam now. They occupy them by sending soldiers there, by sending policeman there. The policemen or soldiers are only a gun in the establishments hand. They make the racist secure in his racism. The gun in the establishment's hand makes the establishment secure in its exploitation.” WarHandsBlackMilitaryArmsRacismGunAreasPoliceSoldierActivismSecureRacistVietnamEstablishmentExploitationPolicemen Author:Huey Newton
“the large black slugs ... come out at dusk. Enormous slugs. As big as crocodiles. So huge we need a gun to shoot them. And by the end of the summer, if they go on growing, we shall have to go out in pairs together for protection.” IfsNeedsEndsBigsTogetherBlackGrowingHugeGoes OnSummerGunProtectionEnormousPairsGardeningExaggerationDuskCrocodilesSlugsEnd Of Summer Author:Nan Fairbrother
“The philosophy of love and peace strangely overlooked who was in possession of the guns. There had been love and peace for some time on the continent of Africa because for all this time black men had been captivated by the doctrines of Christianity. It took them centuries to realize its contradictions. ... perhaps there was no greater crime as yet than all the lies Western civilization had told in the name of Jesus Christ.” MenPhilosophyLyingReligionJesusNamesBlackChristRealizingChristianityGreaterCenturyCrimeCivilizationGunJesus ChristWesternPossessionDoctrineContradictionContinentsOverlookedWestern CivilizationPeace And LoveCaptivatedPhilosophy Love Author:Bessie Head
“For black Americans, we know that gun control... sprouts from racist soil - be it after the or during the infamous Dred Scott case where black mans humanity was not recognized.” KnowsHumanityBlackCasesGunSoilRacistGun ControlSproutsInfamousNiger Author:Niger Innis
“While, as I recall, conservative little boys practice quick draw with their cap guns while playing cowboys and Indians, apparently liberal little boys practice how fast they can throw up their hands to surrender to the guys in the black hats.” LittlesHandsGuyBlackBoysPracticeDrawsGunConservativeSurrenderHatsRecallsCowboyCapsLittle BoysBlack Hats Author:Tony Blankley