“By dismantling the narrow politics of racial identity and selective self-interest, by going beyond 'black' and 'white,' we may construct new values, new institutions and new visions of an America beyond traditional racial categories and racial oppression.” MaySelfAmericaValuesBlackInterestWhiteVisionIdentityInstitutionsTraditionalOppressionCategoriesBlack And WhiteConstructsSelf InterestSelectiveNew VisionRacial Identity Book:Beyond Black and White: Transforming African-American Politics Source: Beyond Black and White: Transforming African-American Politics
“Ninety-nine percent of the music that was of any interest to me when I was growing up came out of the black community.” BlackInterestCommunityGrowing UpGrowingPercentNineNinetyNinety NineBlack Community Author:David Sanborn
“Black folks in America are telling one party, 'We don't give a damn about you.' They're telling the other party, 'You've got our vote.' Therefore, you have labeled yourself 'disenfranchised' because one party knows they've got you under their thumb. The other party knows they'll never get you and nobody comes to address your interest.” KnowsGivingAmericaBlackInterestPartyVoteFolksDamnAddressesThumbsDon't Give A DamnDisenfranchised Author:Stephen A. Smith
“I need to be famous so I can talk about religion. I can talk about God. It's an expensive price that I have to pay to be the most famous man on earth and I do it with pleasure only for God. My fight is only and introduction to the real fight, the one for God. Fighting by itself doesn't interest me anymore. I want to help people, the black people and I need any kind of media to spread my thought: God, charity, peace.” PeopleMenWantNeedsKindI CanRealHelpingEarthFightingBlackInterestPleasurePayMediaCharitySpreadExpensiveBlack PeopleMy ThoughtsIntroduction Author:Muhammad Ali
“Fighting by itself doesn't interest me anymore. I want to help people, the black people and I need any kind of media to spread my thought: God, charity, peace.” PeopleWantNeedsKindHelpingFightingBlackInterestMediaCharitySpreadBlack PeopleMy Thoughts Author:Muhammad Ali
“In between 15 and 20 - probably at around 17 - my interests switched from hard rock to punk rock. And then by 20 they were circling out of punk rock back into Black Sabbath, Led Zeppelin, the stuff that I didnt get to when I was younger.” HardStuffBlackInterestRocksPunkSabbathPunk RockZeppelinsHard RockBlack Sabbath Author:Rick Rubin
“Bet on black. Buy low-debt or no-debt companies. When the economy is in trouble, these companies usually have enough cash on hand to stay out of trouble. And they seldom need to borrow when interest rates are high.” NeedsEnoughHandsBlackInterestCompanyEconomyTroubleLowsRateDebtCashInterest Rate Author:Nancy Dunnan
“Black-and-white photography, which I was doing in the very early days, was essentially called art photography and usually consisted of landscapes by people like Ansel Adams and Edward Weston. But photographs by people like Adams didn't interest me.” PeopleArtBlackInterestWhitePhotographyPhotographLandscapeBlack And WhiteArt PhotographyBlack And White Photography Author:William Eggleston
“Barack Obama didn't get elected president, would never have been elected president, had he decided to run as a black candidate. In order to reach the broadest number of people you have to speak to their interests as broadly as you can.” PeopleHas BeensRunningOrderSpeakBlackPresidentInterestNumbersDecidedBarackCandidates Author:Gwen Ifill