“When your characters are not white hats or black hats but something in between, you do have to be very careful about your details. So, that takes a while. I'm not interested in white hats and black hats. I don't think that's how people are in real life.” PeopleThinkingRealCharacterBlackWhiteDetailsCarefulReal LifeHatsNot InterestedBlack Hats Author:Victor Levin
“In the black community when we think of a couselor or sitting down with a therapist there is that taboo attached to people of being psychotic and crazy. Really it's not it's just sitting down having a conversation.” PeopleThinkingBlackCommunityCrazyConversationSittingTabooTherapistsSitting DownPsychoticBlack Community Author:Gabrielle Dennis
“I wanted to inspire people not to work under a bamboo ceiling. Whatever you are - yellow, black, white, brown - you don't have to allow your skin to define who you are or how you operate your business. There's not one face to anything.” PeopleWantedFacesBlackWhiteInspireSkinsWho You AreBrownYellowCeilingsBlack WhiteBamboo Author:Eddie Huang
“I came to the realization that a strong female is frightening to everybody, because all societies are male-dominated, black societies, poor people, rich people, any racial group, they're all dominated by men. A strong female is going to threaten everybody across the board...” PeopleMenStrongBlackPoorRichGroupsFemaleMalesRealizationBoardsFrighteningPoor PeopleRich PeopleStrong Female Author:Madonna Ciccone
“The majority of South Africans, black and white, recognize that apartheid has no future. It has to be ended by our own decisive mass action in order to build peace and security. The mass campaign of defiance and other actions of our organization and people can only culminate in the establishment of democracy.” PeopleActionOrderBlackWhiteDemocracySecurityMassOrganizationMajoritySouthCampaignsEstablishmentBlack And WhiteSouth AfricaDefianceApartheidPeace And Security Author:Nelson Mandela
“For me going down in history being the first black American to win the gold, I think more colored people are going to start coming to the gymnastics world and say 'okay, anything is possible. If Gabby did it, then I can do it too.'” PeopleIfsThinkingWorldFirstsI CanWinningBlackCan DoGoldOkayGymnasticsI Can Do ItAnything Is Possible Author:Gabby Douglas
“Let's be honest: For a lot of well-meaning, open-minded white people, the sight of a young, black man in a hoodie still evokes a twinge of fear.” PeopleMenWellsStillsYoungBlackWhiteHonestSightBeing HonestOpen MindedEvoke Author:Hillary Clinton
“Growing up, I was always the only black kid on my team and (sometimes) I'd get questions from my friends when I'd say, `I want to be in the NHL' and they'd say, `Well, there are no black people or not very many in the NHL' and as a kid, you'd wonder why. But overall, I didn't really face any racial difficulties. Nothing too bad or too lasting.” PeopleWantWellsSometimesKidsFacesBlackWonderGrowing UpGrowingTeamMy FriendsDifficultyLastingBlack PeopleNhl Author:Jarome Iginla