For black Americans, we know that gun control... sprouts from racist soil - be it after the or during the infamous Dred Scott case where black man's humanity was not recognized.
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You ever been black? I was black once - when I was poor. LARRY HOLMES It's crazy: the first black man to actually step foot in America came as a free man, as an explo... ALDIS HODGE As a black man, you run from the cops. It's different now, but back when I was coming up, you ru... RODNEY KING But it is a black man's game, and it will be forever. LARRY BIRD It ain't gun control we need; it's sin control. SI ROBERTSON But I know that the vote of 9 out of 10 black Americans for the Democratic Party or for leftist kind... CLARENCE THOMAS That's why for Zakk Wylde's Black Label Society the colors are black and white. There are no... ZAKK WYLDE During the days of segregation, there was not a place of higher learning for African Americans. They... MICHAEL N. CASTLE I know that often times a lot of people who work in music, whether they be labels and so on or even ... K'NAAN We know that listening to Black Veil Brides, wearing Black Veil Bride shirts, or being in Black Veil... 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PATRICIA HILL COLLINS I thought that, as a black audience member, I would like to see something that reflected an experien... ELVIS MITCHELL My Soul to Keep is the ultimate love story with a black man and a black woman. I call it the ultimat... BLAIR UNDERWOOD I do want to be a representative of the African community, and I want to hold myself and dress mysel... COLIN KAEPERNICK We must never forget that Black History is American History. The achievements of African Americans h... YVETTE CLARKE There's one more thing I want to say. It's a touchy subject. Black beauty. Black sensuality.... JODY WATLEY The current Republican Party is not really the Republican Party. It's been hijacked by this grou... RON SCHILLER Everything's not black and white. We choose to make bad decisions or not. WILL ARNETT It's always the case that the minority has to navigate two different worlds. Women have to know ... STERLING K. BROWN 'Black Messiah' is a hell of a name for an album. It can easily be misunderstood. Many will ... D'ANGELO I started to work in television for three or four years, in 1954. There was one channel of televisio... UMBERTO ECO As an attorney, I could be rather flamboyant in court. I did not act as though I were a black man in... NELSON MANDELA What had begun as a movement to free all black people from racist oppression became a movement with ... BELL HOOKS I don't think the mainstream media understands people of color are multidimensional. For some re... ISSA RAE I don't stand for the black man's side, I don' t stand for the white man's side. I s... BOB MARLEY I don't think it's different to be a black girl in England than it is to be a black girl fro... CYNTHIA ERIVO Make no mistake about it. Gun control is not about crook control. It's about America control. DERRICK GRAYSON You listen to Black Sabbath with Ronnie James Dio in it, and it's not Black Sabbath. They should... ZAKK WYLDE A black dress is beautiful! It's a good choice. It could be the wrong choice at certain events o... OLIVIER THEYSKENS Bob Marley performed the 'One Love Peace' concert in Jamaica with the two different warring ... MOS DEF Black is best worn as an ensemble - black with black. Black with color is not quite where we are rig... GREGG ANDREWS I think anybody who is racist is an idiot whether they are black or white. CHARLES BARKLEY It seems that our politicians see the world in black and white, so why not our artists? Did Woody Al... ALEXANDER PAYNE I try to avoid wearing black because sometimes it's the easy option. But I'm young, so it... EMMA WATSON We have far more options for black Americans to tell stories outside of slavery, but whenever it com... ALDIS HODGE assimilation that black Americans have been rejecting for the past 380 years. AUGUST WILSON The troops aren't red and blue. They're not black and white. They're not male and female... TAMRON HALL There's an inherent idea that if a Black executive producer and a Black director are going to do... GABRIELLE UNION It's not enough even to have one black Barbie... because black women are not a monolith. AVA DUVERNAY I wanted to be a leading man - the black lawyer, the black doctor, the black policeman. DAVID ALAN GRIER We didn't care if you were white, black, green, yellow or polka-dotted. We just wanted to know where... BOBBY SEALE Everybody knows now that Marie Lightfoot, the true crime writer, is dating Franklin DeWeese, the sta... NANCY PICKARD I don't think of people as black or white. It's a question of are they photogenic or not? I ... EILEEN FORD In a typical history book, black Americans are mentioned in the context of slavery or civil rights. ... KAREEM ABDUL-JABBAR When the gun lobby fights gun-control legislation, its logic is clear: it does not like laws that pr... 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