Charles Barkley

I've always said that: 'We as black people, if you want respect, you have to give each other respect.' You can't demand respect from white people and the cops if we don't respect each other.

American Baseball Player

Alice Walker

The animals of the world exist for their own reasons. They were not made for humans any more than black people were made for white, or women created for men.

American Author

Jackie Robinson

After two years at UCLA, I decided to leave. I was convinced that no amount of education would help a black man get a job.

Madonna Ciccone

People hear the soul, black influence in my voice. I grew up listening to CKLW and all the black stations like WLBS.

American Musician

James Baldwin

The reason people think it's important to be white is that they think it's important not to be black.

American Novelist

Aretha Franklin

We all require and want respect, man or woman, black or white. It's our basic human right.

Muhammad Ali

I had to prove you could be a new kind of black man. I had to show the world.

American Boxer

Alfred Lord Tennyson

A lie which is half a truth is ever the blackest of lies.

British Poet

Diego Maradona

I am black or white, I'll never be grey in my life.

Argentinian Athlete

Henry Louis Gates

Brazil is the second blackest nation in the world.

American Critic

Black can symbolize power, elegance, or sophistication in fashion and design.

Emotional Tone

Black is often associated with negativity, evil, or misfortune in various cultures.

Negative Associations

In Western cultures, black clothing is traditionally worn at formal events like funerals.

Formal Events

Black is used to describe environments without light, implying fear or the unknown.

Complete Darkness

In art, black can represent the absence or negation of all color.

Absence of Color

Black enhances contrast in design, and can make other colors stand out.

Contrast Emphasis

Describes objects that are heavily stained, typically with substances that are hard to clean.

Soiled Appearance

Black can metaphorically indicate a sullied reputation or character.

Metaphoric Use

To black something often involves care and maintenance, not just color change.

Maintenance Task

Use with caution due to historical and cultural sensitivities regarding race.

Cultural Sensitivity

People may prefer different terms for identity, such as 'African American' or 'Black'.

Self-Identification

Black can refer to a wide range of people across different regions and cultures.

Broad Term

 so that they wouldn't make a memory of this skin. So that we could be kids, not casket or concrete. And it's not because they thought it would make us better than anyone else it's simply because they wanted to keep us alive. All of my black friends were raised with the same message, the talk, given to us when we became old enough

How to raise a Black son...

 But if tattoos are embedded in your skin for life, is there any way to erase them? Technically, yes. Today, a laser is used to penetrate the epidermis and blast apart underlying pigment colors of various wavelengths, black being the easiest to target. The laser beam breaks the ink globules into smaller particles

What makes tattoos...

 So, even though we're familiar with only a few irrationals, like square root of two and pi, the infinity of irrationals is actually greater than the infinity of fractions. Someone once said that the rationals -- the fractions -- are like the stars in the night sky. The irrationals are like the blackness.

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 created all kinds of destructive weapons. From bombs to guns to cannons, gunpowder left its mark on the world in some pretty terrible ways, in contrast to the beautiful marks it can leave in the air. So, how does black powder propel fireworks into the sky?

The deadly irony of...

 up not liking who I was I didn't like soul food I didn't like being black for most of my life I've lived at the intersection of the illusion of race and a reality of food and I'd like to tell you today how I changed my address from

Gastronomy and the...

 Are you afraid of black cats? Would you open an umbrella indoors? And how do you feel about the number thirteen? Whether or not you believe in them, you're probably familiar with a few of these superstitions.

Where do superstitions...

 he said well that's for you to find out that was her dream catherine johnson found her way to hampton virginia and there is nasa nasa was hiring black mathematicians

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 around but does she see the world the same way we do well dogs are colorblind but that doesn't mean that everything is black and white

ONE HOUR of Amazing...

 but does she see the world the same way we do? Well, dogs are colour-blind, but that doesn't mean that everything is black and white.

Puppy Opens its Eyes for...

 techniques but most important for the crested black macaque is to learn their code of etiquette