“Black community, I think as a whole America is dealing with the issue of homophobia. We got to be really honest about whether we believe in civil rights for all people or not. As Black people we need to remember the moment that we say it's okay to disenfranchise one segment of society, we're opening the door to move backward on ourselves.” PeopleThinkingNeedsBelieveWholeMomentsAmericaRememberMovingBlackIssuesRightsDoorsHonestOkayOpeningCivil RightsBlack PeopleHomophobia Author:Kerry Washington
“Now Momma's done away with the old black kettle she used to cook in when I was just littleAnd the door ain't sprung on her electric rangeThat little old farm and home we had it ain't there no more and that's too badFolks are doing away with the simple things.” LittlesDoneHomeUsedBlackSimpleDoorsCooksFarmsElectricSimple ThingsSprungMommaKettles Author:Dolly Parton
“If fallacies come knocking at my door,I'd rather feed, and shelter full a score,Than hide behind the black portcullis, doubt,And run the risk of barring one Truth out.And if pretension for a time deceive,And prove me one too ready to believe,Far less my shame, than if by stubborn act,I brand as lie, some great colossal Fact.” IfsBelieveFactsRunningLyingBlackBehindsDoubtRiskDoorsReadyProveShameBrandsScoreShelterDeceivingStubbornKnockingFallacyPretensionColossal Book:Leafs On An Idle Breeze - My Inspirational Poems (Annotated Edition) Source: Leafs On An Idle Breeze - My Inspirational Poems (Annotated Edition)
“Eddie [Murphy] is an icon. He's one of the reason why I started doing comedy in the beginning. He opened a lot of doors for black people.” PeopleReasonBlackComedyDoorsReason WhyBlack PeopleIconsMurphy Author:Tracy Morgan
“[On being first black woman to earn a PhD in economics and first black woman admitted to Pennsylvania bar:] I never looked for anybody to hold the door open for me. I knew well that the only way I could get that door open was to knock it down: because I knocked all of them down.” WayFirstsWellsBlackDoorsEconomicsBarsBlack WomenPioneersPennsylvaniaPhds Author:Sadie Tanner Mossell Alexander
“The key word for my book The Woman in Black is unsettling... because you're not terrified all of the time or even frightened, but you're unsettled and once you're unsettled, then the door's open.” BookBlackDoorsKeysFrightenedTerrified Author:Susan Hill
“Only black people in the whole neighborhood, so let's break it down: Me, I'm a decent comedian, I'm a'ight. Mary J. Blige, one of the greatest R&B singers to ever walk the Earth. Jay-Z, one of the greatest rappers to ever live. Eddie Murphy, one of the funniest actors to ever, ever do it. Do you know what the white man that lives next door to me does for a living? He's a f*****g dentist.” PeopleKnowsMenDoeWholeEarthNextActorsBlackWhiteWalksBreakDoorsSingersComedianDecentNeighborhoodDo You KnowBlack PeopleRapperMaryWhite ManDentistMurphyNext Door NeighborsMary J Blige Author:Chris Rock
“I went to work one morning, and outside my door was Cindy Crawford in a black bra, and I thought that very clearly the building is making progress in integrating itself into various layers of our culture.” CultureBlackMorningProgressDoorsBuildingVariousLayersIntegratingBrasCindy Author:Esa-Pekka Salonen
“If it wasn't for the British musicians, a lot of us black musicians in America would still be catchin' the hell that we caught long before. So thanks to them, thanks to all you guys. You opened doors that I don't think would have been opened in my lifetime. When white America started paying attention to the blues - it started opening a lot of doors that had been closed to us.” IfsThinkingLongHas BeensStillsAmericaGuyBlackWhiteAttentionHellDoorsMusicianLifetimeCaughtBritishOpeningThanksPay AttentionOpened Doors Author:B. B. King
“At 50, I thought proudly: Here we are, half century! Being 60 was fairly frightening. You want to know how I spent my 70th birthday? I put on a completely black face, a fuzzy black Afro wig, wore black clothes and hung a black wreath on my door.” KnowsWantFacesBlackHalfKnow HowDoorsCenturyClothesFrighteningHungWigsFuzzyAfrosWreathsBlack FaceBlack Clothes Author:Bette Davis
“I told my wife she looks sexy with black fingernails. Now she thinks I slammed the car door on her hand on purpose.” ThinkingLooksHandsPurposeBlackWifeDoorsCarSexyMy WifeFingernails Author:Emo Philips
“If the churches don't move, much of the community won't move. We've got a situation in which a black church is still a major institution in the black community where 55 percent of the black folk attend and over 75 pass through its doors.” IfsStillsMovingBlackCommunityChurchSituationDoorsMajorsPercentInstitutionsFolksBlack CommunityBlack Church Author:Cornel West
“The standard is the standard and whomever walks in the door at the time I need a person in that position who can do that job with excellence and who understands my vision, if they can fulfill it, they got the job whether they're young, old, black, white, male or female.” IfsNeedsPersonsJobsYoungBlackCan DoWhiteWalksVisionDoorsPositionStandardsFemaleExcellenceMalesBlack White Author:T. D. Jakes
“A lot of black people worked with the police as snitches. We used to call them bimpees where I grew up. And, you know, they were afforded special privileges. They may have been paid by the police. But you never knew who was informing on you. We lived either next door to or - two doors away from us was a known informant in Soweto.” PeopleKnowsMayHas BeensTwoUsedNextBlackKnownDoorsSpecialGrewGrew UpPaidPolicePrivilegeBlack PeopleInformingInformantsSnitch Author:Trevor Noah
“As much as people try to pit black entertainers against one another, because of the underlying feeling that there can't be two of us, or, all of us can't do well. That's what hurts rap the most, the fact that none of us are fighting to protect the door of those who run our industry. It's enough money for all of us.” PeopleTryingWellsTwoEnoughFactsFeelingsRunningFightingBlackHurtDoorsIndustryProtectRapPitsEntertainersTwo Of Us Author:David Banner
“Obama, he wouldn't have been in office without what happened to me and a lot of black people before me. He would never have been in that situation, no doubt in my mind. He would get there eventually, but it would have been a lot longer. So I am glad for what I went through. It opened the doors for a lot of people.” PeopleMindHas BeensBlackSituationDoubtHappenedDoorsOfficeGladNo DoubtBlack People Author:Rodney King
“Black women have always been these vixens, these animalistic erotic women. Why can't we just be the sexy American girl next door?” GirlNextBlackDoorsSexyBlack WomenEroticAnimalisticVixens Author:Tyra Banks