“In USA, a black man only have like five years we can exhibit maximum strength, and that's right now while you a teenager, while you still strong, while you still wanna lift weights, while you still wanna shoot back. 'Cause once you turn 30, it's like they take the heart and soul out of a man, out of a black man, in this country. And you don't wanna fight no more.” MenYearsHeartStillsSoulCountryTurnsFightingStrongCausesBlackFiveRight NowWeightTeenagerLiftsUsaFive YearsMaximumHeart And SoulExhibits Author:Tupac Shakur
“If you put on a lousy production with white actors, it's lousy. There is a problem, or can be, at this stage of our social evolution, with mixing the casts. It may not be a question of race so much as class. You would rarely find a black man in a high executive position where he was swinging his weight around.” IfsMenMayProblemActorsSocialBlackWhiteRaceClassStagePositionEvolutionWeightCastsProductionsExecutivesMixing Author:Howard Schultz
“What sets black people apart is not some deficit in personal responsibility. It's the weight on our shoulders. That is what's actually different. We have the weight and burden of history.” PeopleDifferentBlackResponsibilityWeightBurdenShouldersBlack PeopleDeficitPersonal Responsibility Author:Ta-Nehisi Coates
“For me her image, the triptych, became a study of the weight the black male figure carries, given the fact that they are targeted by the police, and are constantly in danger of being misread in public spaces.” FactsGivenBlackSpaceStudyFiguresDangerWeightPoliceMalesCarrieBlack Males Author:Claudia Rankine