“America don't have no future! America's going to be destroyed! Allah's going to divinely chastise America! Violence, crimes, earthquakes - there's gonna be all kinds of trouble. America's going to pay for all its lynchings and killings of slaves and what it's done to black people.” PeopleKindDoneAmericaBlackPayViolenceTroubleCrimeSlaveKillingAll KindsDestroyedBlack PeopleEarthquakesLynching Author:Muhammad Ali
“Hip-Hop is diverse. But the white, capitalist producers and distributors of Hip-Hop are most interested in the Hip-Hip that is misogynist, that is Black-hating, that is pugilistic, that is to say all about fighting and war and killing and gangsterism.” WarHateFightingBlackWhiteKillingHip HopProducersHipsHopsCapitalistDiverseDistributors Author:Bell Hooks
“Don't terrorize. Organize. Don't burn. Give kids a chance to learn . . . The real answer to race problems in this country is education. Not burning and killing. Be ready. Be qualified. Own something. Be somebody. That's Black Power.” GivingRealCountryProblemKidsBlackChanceAnswersRaceReadyKillingBurningOrganizeQualifiedBlack Power Book:James Brown: The Godfather of Soul Source: James Brown: The Godfather of Soul
“I think that one of the positions we have taken around the question of race, is that we already know. We know. We know. We know. And so we don't need to look at it again. And yet everybody is still upset. Everybody is still being driven by their outrageous imagination to the point of killing people because they feel that a black man in front of them is a demon, or the Incredible Hulk.” PeopleThinkingKnowsMenNeedsFeelsLooksStillsBlackImaginationRaceTakenFrontsPositionKillingIncrediblesDrivenUpsetDemonOutrageousIncredible Hulk Author:Claudia Rankine