“Black community, I think as a whole America is dealing with the issue of homophobia. We got to be really honest about whether we believe in civil rights for all people or not. As Black people we need to remember the moment that we say it's okay to disenfranchise one segment of society, we're opening the door to move backward on ourselves.” PeopleThinkingNeedsBelieveWholeMomentsAmericaRememberMovingBlackIssuesRightsDoorsHonestOkayOpeningCivil RightsBlack PeopleHomophobia Author:Kerry Washington
“Ive heard some people say that Im selling out, but Im not. If I hadnt done Black Radio, and just kept on doing just piano trio stuff, I wouldnt be honest with myself; Id be doing it to please other people. That would be selling out.” PeopleIfsDoneWould BeStuffBlackHeardHonestPleaseRadioSellingBeing HonestPianoSelling OutTrios Author:Robert Glasper
“People fed on sugared praises cannot be expected to feel an appetite for the black broth of honest criticism.” PeopleFeelsBlackHonestCriticismPraiseExpectedFedsAppetiteHonest Criticism Book:Books and Men Source: Books and Men
“Let's be very honest about what this is about. It's not about bashing Democrats, it's not about taxes, they have no idea what the Boston tea party was about, they don't know their history at all. This is about hating a black man in the White House. This is racism straight up.” KnowsMenIdeasHateHouseBlackWhitePartyHonestTaxesRacismDemocratTeaNo IdeaRacistWhite HouseBostonTea PartyStraight Up Author:Janeane Garofalo
“A good argument diluted to avoid criticism is not nearly as good as the undiluted argument, because we best arrive at truth through a process of honest and vigorous debate. Arguments should not sneak around in disguise, as if dissent were somehow sinister... For it is bravery that is required to secure freedom.” IfsShouldTruthProcessBlackJusticeCourageHonestSpeechArgumentCriticismBraveryDebateSecureDisguiseDissentVigorousSneakSinister Author:Clarence Thomas
“Any Black person in amerika [sic], if they are being honest with themselves, have got to come to the conclusion that they don't know what it feels like to be free. We aren't free politically, economically, or socially. We have very little power over what happens in our lives. In fact, a Black person isn't free to walk down the street. Walk down the wrong street, in the wrong neighborhood at night, and you know what happens.” IfsKnowsFeelsLittlesPersonsFactsHappensNightBlackWalksOur LivesStreetsHonestConclusionBeing HonestNeighborhoodBlack Person Author:Assata Shakur
“We love a world in which the people in the white hats get rewarded and the people in the black hats pay the price. And that I have to say doesn't happen very often, particularly in a very complex economy. We're in a time of panic where people have lost trust in what the banks are doing, what the investment firms are doing - lost trust beyond a level of reasonableness, to be honest. And, it's got to be stopped.” PeopleWorldHappensLostBlackWhiteLevelsPayEconomyHonestInvestmentComplexesBeing HonestFirmHatsPanicPay The PriceReasonablenessBlack HatsLost Trust Author:Rebecca M. Blank
“I'm proud of 'Black Hawk Down' because I think it told a provocative story and it was honest. It could have had more opportunity to tell both sides of the story, but I'm still proud of it.” ThinkingStillsStoriesOpportunitySidesBlackHonestProudBoth SidesProvocativeHawksBlack Hawk Down Author:Josh Hartnett
“Honest to God, all my life I have had such a fear of spiders. In fact, I use to have a reoccurring dream about one. Very clearly, it was black with a red head. It would sit up in the corner of the bedroom and when it started getting closer, I would wake up in a panic.” FactsUseDreamBlackHonestRedWake UpCornersPanicBedroomSpiders Author:Tippi Hedren
“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
“I never really was good at being a family general man, really. I hardly ever spent any time with my mum and dad whatever, really, or brothers or sisters. We just really didn't get along. I was pretty much like the black sheep of the family, to be honest.” MenBlackHonestBrotherDadBeing HonestSheepMumMum And DadBlack SheepBlack Sheep Of The Family Author:Andrew Chan
“Let's be honest: For a lot of well-meaning, open-minded white people, the sight of a young, black man in a hoodie still evokes a twinge of fear.” PeopleMenWellsStillsYoungBlackWhiteHonestSightBeing HonestOpen MindedEvoke Author:Hillary Clinton