The writer in me can look as far as an African-American woman and stop. Often that writer looks through the African-American woman. Race is a layer of being, but not a culmination.
African-Americans now 45 percent poverty in the inner cities. The education is a disaster. Jobs are essentially nonexistent.
African-American women account for 67 percent of all newly diagnosed female AIDS cases.
Without Social Security, poverty rates for African American seniors would more than double.
African-American voters are not nearly as enthusiastic about [Hillary] Clinton as they were about [Barack] Obama.
I can't deny that it will be a historic event for an African-American to become president. And should that happen, all Americans should be proud - not just African-Americans, but all Americans - that we have reached this point in our national history where such a thing could happen. It will also not only electrify our country, I think it'll electrify the world.
You just need to be a flea against injustice. Enough committed fleas biting strategically can make even the biggest dog uncomfortable and transform even the biggest nation.
What the Nazis did to the Jews in Europe, plantation owners and law enforcement [officers] were doing to the African-Americans.
On top of that she promises uncontrolled, low-skilled immigration that continues to reduce jobs and wages for American workers, and especially for African-American and Hispanic workers within our country. Our citizens.
People who don't vote have no line of credit with people who are elected and thus pose no threat to those who act against our interests.
Your wealth can be stolen, but the precious riches buried deep in your soul cannot.
The suburbanization and the ghettos that were created as a result of the limits of where [African-Americans] could live in the North [still exist today. ] And. . . the South was forced to change, in part because they were losing such a large part of their workforce through the Great Migration.
A man can't ride your back unless it's bent.
If somebody comes up and they're African American as Mike is, and they're extremely talented as Mike is, they say, "Oh, yeah, he's the next. . . " I think that it points to disparity.
There is a level of disrespect for the office that occurs. And that occurs in some cases and maybe even many cases because he is African American. There’s no question about that and it’s the kind of thing nobody ever says but everybody’s thinking it.
I sometimes wish I were African American because people don't bash them afterward. It's the hardest to be a woman.
You have to be taught to be second class; you're not born that way.
As an elected official who comes from the African-American community, there are some similarities. You are always trying to reconcile your own personal biography and affiliations with the demands of the broader democracy. And you need to make sure you are representing everybody.
Something that is interesting about the current polling is that, as you watch Hillary's [Clinton] numbers fluctuate, part of the reason that they are is because the Obama coalition, younger voters, African-American voters, Latino voters, they're not showing up in as large a number for her as they did for President [Barack] Obama.
I grew up in church. That's how most young African American musicians learn how to perform. You could be six years old and playing organ or drums in front of thousands or hundreds of people.