And a part of it is because you have to ask yourself the question, am I black or am I female, are my problems because I'm black, or are my problems because I'm female?
Mr. GORDON PARKS (Photographer, Life magazine): I remember my mother specifically telling me that she would not accept any excuses because I was black and that I failed this or failed that, or this was denied me or that was denied me because I was black.
In soul music, artists such as James Brown with "Say It Loud - I'm Black and I'm Proud" and Marvin Gaye with his album "What's Going On" became spokespersons for the civil rights movement of the late 1960s.
Brown's classic singles include "Papa's Got A Brand New Bag, " "(Get Up I Feel Like Being a) Sex Machine, " "I Got You (I Feel Good)" and "Say It Loud - I'm Black and I'm Proud, " a landmark 1968 statement of racial pride.
I'm not white inside, I'm not really fluent in English, I have black kids.
Aaron says his mother "would make sure I had black friends, " and his parents talked with black parents.
Many people told me I had three strikes against me: I was black.
Mr. PAJAUD: I think black artists feel almost like Jonah and the whale.
If I was a poor black kid I would make it my goal to get into one of these schools.
If I was a poor black kid I would first and most importantly work to make sure I got the best grades possible.
And I wanted to have a black man that I knew and recognized.
"I think that the Black Institution showed leadership overnight and I very much welcome that, " Mr McGuinness said.
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Mr. ALEXANDER: I'd like this book to really give black women something to celebrate themselves in which they should walk away with lot of pride about the diversity of their beauty and the diversity of their hair as something that--I think when a black woman comes into the world, hair is something that is discussed in her life very early on.
When I said goodbye to my son at freshman drop-off day, I was thrown into a black despair over how much I'd miss him.
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To the white community, I was a black woman, for whom they had low expectations.
And just as I thought of black humor Lihn extracted a little bottle of pills from his pocket.
Before too long, I spot a black bear in a part of our path that cuts through the tall grass.
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For example, when I was in Brazil to speak recently, I visited the Black Six, a hip hop club in Rio.
In fact, I found the black and white dress code rather suspect.
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When a neighbor reported her mail stolen, I began imagining black-coated thieves with rubber gloves waiting in the bushes on my quiet, tree-lined street.
And I think that black women have more to talk about more than just being obese and anorexia and bulimia and a whole lot of other things.
Either my deafening message tears an excruciating gash in your conscious mind or I am a black hole of virile taciturnity from which no message, conscious or unconscious, may escape.
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