“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
“Life is a charity ball given by the leaders of society. A few dance, get their charity's worth to the last penny; and the poor stand outside the gate and watch with hungry eyes the glint of jewels in the warm air. Then comes the lackey Death, and he says: "Madam and my Master, your carriage waits." So they go away into the dark in the carriage of the black plumes, and the dancing continues.” LifeEyeLastsLife IsGivenWaitingBlackDarkPoorLeaderWatchesAirMastersBallsDancingCharityWarmHungryGatesGoing AwayStanding OutJewelsPenniesCarriagesLackeysHungry Eyes Author:Austin O'Malley
“I began to practise day and night, and the more I did, the more I was overwhelmed by the tremendous achievement of that great family of black American musicians I was beginning to know closely.” KnowsNightBlackMastersAchievementMusicianOverwhelmedDay And NightPractiseGreat Family Book:The Wandering Who?: A Study of Jewish Identity Politics Source: The Wandering Who?: A Study of Jewish Identity Politics
“First, you have stereotypes, and that will be the black drug dealer, the east Asian kung fu master, the Middle Eastern terrorist in 'True Lies.' Then you have stuff that takes place on culturally specific terrain, that engages with it, but actually subverts assumptions. 'Smashes' stereotypes. That's where I've come into the game.” FirstsLyingGamesStuffBlackMiddleMastersDrugEastTerroristAssumptionStereotypeEasternAsianDealerTerrainKung FuDrug DealersTrue Lies Author:Riz Ahmed
“I had to confront my fears and master my every demonic thought about inferiority, insecurity, or the fear of being black, young, and gifted in this Western culture.” YoungCultureBlackMastersWesternInsecurityGiftedInferiorityWestern CultureDemonicInsecurity And Fear Author:Lauryn Hill
“Master Michelangelo once said that 'I saw the angel in the marble and carved until I set him free.' This is what we must do when we see an ignorant man: To set him free from the black marble we call ignorance!” MenSaidBlackSawsIgnoranceMastersAngelIgnorantMarble Author:Mehmet Murat Ildan