“As long as a white man does it, it's alright, a black man is supposed to have no feelings. But when a black man strikes back he's an extremist, he's supposed to sit passively and have no feelings, be nonviolent, and love his enemy no matter what kind of attack, verbal or otherwise, he's supposed to take it. But if he stands up in any way and tries to defend himself, then he's an extremist.” IfsMenWayTryingKindLongDoeMatterFeelingsBlackWhiteEnemyAnd LoveNo Matter WhatStrikesWhite ManAlrightExtremistStrike Back Author:Malcolm X
“As I do not live in an age when rustling black skirts billow about me, and I do not carry an ebony stick to strike the floor in sharp rebuke, as this is denied me, I rap out a sentence in my note book and feel better. If a grandmother wants to put her foot down, the only safe place to do it these days is in a note book.” IfsWantFeelsBookAgeBlackFeetSafeSticksNotesRapSentencesStrikesThese DaysGrandmotherDeniedFeel BetterSkirtsRebukeSafe PlacesNote Book Author:Florida Scott-Maxwell
“So many people representing different sections of our community are taken down one way or another. The system was designed to break us down. You think it isn’t true? The three-strike rule is to break down a black man.” PeopleMenWayDifferentThreeBlackCommunityBreakTakenStrikesOne WaySectionsBreaking DownOur CommunityRepresentingThree Strikes Author:Snoop Dogg
“They enter, locking themselves in, descend the rugged steps, and are down in the Crypt. The lantern is not wanted, for the moonlight strikes in at the groined windows, bare of glass, the broken frames for which cast patterns on the ground. The heavy pillars which support the roof engender masses of black shade, but between them there are lanes of light.” LightWantedBlackStepsSupportBrokenMassWindowCastsGlassesPatternsHeavyStrikesShadeRoofMoonlightLanesPillarsSpookyRuggedLanterns Book:The Mystery of Edwin Drood Source: The Mystery of Edwin Drood
“There's already been black presidents who've been corrupt, so it doesn't strike me that having a black man in office means he's going to be the Messiah.” MenMeanBlackPresidentOfficeStrikesMessiahFiasco Author:Lupe Fiasco