“The White Company offers its loyalists an altogether better, whiter world. The White people have edited out any colours that aren't white, off-white, milk chocolate, grey, taupe or black. They can't be doing with Johnnie Boden's cheery Sloane jokes, his spots and stripes, his occasional 'if it's me, it's U' loud colours.” PeopleIfsWorldBlackWhiteCompanyOffersJokesSpotsLoudColourChocolateMilkGreyOccasionalStripesEditedLoyalists Author:Peter York
“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
“Even if its a white crowd, I tell my jokes for the four black people in the room, not the 100 whites.” PeopleIfsBlackWhiteRoomsFourJokesCrowdsBlack People Author:Gary Owen
“White people made up the n-word, they knew about racial jokes before anybody, and in their old movies and old cartoons they made fun of everybody, especially black folks. Racial jokes were not new to them.” PeopleMadeFunBlackWhiteJokesFolksCartoonOld MovieOld Car Author:Paul Mooney
“I rely on some words that actually my husband said to me. He jokes about saying, "You know it's only darkest before it's totally black!" Even in my darkest hour - and my darkest hour was probably when I lost both my parents - I look to him and I see what he has endured, what he has overcome, what he is doing with his life, and just how he's lived his life.” KnowsLooksSaidLostParentBlackHoursHusbandJokesOvercomingRelyMy HusbandDarkest Hour Author:Cindy McCain