“Look at the people who are kind of the funniest cultures, they're the cultures of the people who have been the most oppressed, black people and Jews. Not that they're the only funny people, but culturally, it comes from the pain, you know?” PeopleKnowsLooksKindHas BeensFunnyPainCultureBlackJewBlack PeopleOppressedFunny People Author:Sarah Silverman
“Racial oppression of black people in America has done what neither class oppression or sexual oppression, with all their perniciousness, has ever done: destroyed an entire people and their culture.” PeopleDoneAmericaCultureBlackClassRacismOppressionDestroyedBlack People Author:Eleanor Holmes Norton
“What would America be like if we loved black people as much as we loved black culture?” PeopleIfsAmericaCultureBlackBlack PeopleAppropriationBlack Culture Author:Amandla Stenberg
“I think that hip-hop should be spelled with a capital "H," and as one word. It's the name of our black people culture, and it's the name of our identity and consciousness. I think hip-hop is not a product, but a culture. I think rap is a product, but when hip-hop becomes a product, that's slavery, because you're talking about people's souls. To me, that's the biggest problem.” PeopleThinkingShouldSoulProblemCultureNamesBlackConsciousnessTalkingIdentityProductsSlaveryHip HopRapHipsHopsBlack PeopleOne Word Author:KRS-One