“Nice distinctions are troublesome. It is so much easier to say that a thing is black, than to discriminate the particular shade of brown, blue, or green, to which it really belongs. It is so much easier to make up your mind that your neighbour is good for nothing, than to enter into all the circumstances that would oblige you to modify that opinion.” MindBlackOpinionNiceParticularCircumstancesEasierBlueGreenDistinctionBrownShadeNeighbourTroublesomeMake Up Your Mind Book:Scenes of Clerical Life Source: Scenes of Clerical Life
“Nobody wants to know a colored woman's opinion about her own status of that of her group. When she dares express it, no matter how mild or tactful it may be, it is called 'propaganda,' or is labeled 'controversial.' Those two words have come to have a very ominous sound to me.” KnowsWantMayTwoMatterSoundBlackOpinionGroupsDarePropagandaBlack WomenControversialOminous Book:A Colored Woman in a White World Source: A Colored Woman in a White World
“Black Sabbath invented heavy metal, in my opinion.” BlackOpinionHeavyMetalsSabbathHeavy MetalBlack Sabbath Author:Eddie Trunk
“I do not know how the affair at Canterbury is generally considered; but I have heard individuals of all parties and all opinions speak of it and never without merriment or indignation. Fifty years hence, the black laws of Connecticut will be a greater source of amusement to the antiquarian, than her famous blue laws.” KnowsYearsLawIndividualSpeakBlackPartyOpinionKnow HowGreaterHeardSourceBlueAffairFiftyAmusementIndignationConnecticutMerrimentCanterbury Author:Lydia M. Child
“I don't think Dr. King helped racial harmony, I think he helped racial justice. What I profess to do is help the oppressed and if I cause a load of discomfort in the white community and the black community, that in my opinion means I'm being effective, because I'm not trying to make them comfortable. The job of an activist is to make people tense and cause social change.” PeopleIfsThinkingTryingMeanHelpingJobsSocialCausesBlackCommunityJusticeWhiteOpinionKingsComfortableHarmonyActivistLoadOppressedDrsSocial ChangeDiscomfortTenseBlack CommunityRacial Justice Author:Al Sharpton
“In my opinion while lynchings were quite possibly the most heinous crimes ever witnessed in American history, they helped in bringing people together for a sole purpose. It was because of these lynchings that armed self-resistance was created. If white people knew black people were capable of fighting back then there was less of a chance that violence actually would break out.” PeopleIfsSelfTogetherPurposeFightingBlackChanceWhiteOpinionBreakViolenceCrimeCapableResistanceBlack PeopleSoleAmerican HistoryBreak OutLynchingFighting BackHeinous Crimes Author:Assata Shakur