{"quotes":[{"text":"The power structure understands that Black folks have been hungry for so long, fixing us a plate now that's the same size as theirs would do nothing for our hunger. After all, they're pretty full and fat.They know we now require a much bigger plate than theirs to quiet the stomach rumblings.They see us and know what it looks like to be less powerful. They are fighting to never FEEL it.","author":"Darnell Lamont Walker","tags":["african-americans","black-people","equality","government","power","race-relations","racism","systematic-racism"],"id":13107,"author_id":"Darnell+Lamont+Walker"},{"text":"I consider myself an American African because we did not come by choice.","author":"Alafia Stewart","tags":["african-americans","america","black-people","civil-rights","racism","segregation","slavery"],"id":24177,"author_id":"Alafia+Stewart"},{"text":"Holocaust survivors and their descendants are supposed to hate those who oppressed and killed them and their people. Black people are not. This is how anti-blackness works.","author":"Darnell Lamont Walker","tags":["african-americans","anti-blackness","black-people","hate","hatred","hitler","holocaust","nazi","race","race-relations","racism"],"id":25580,"author_id":"Darnell+Lamont+Walker"},{"text":"On Slavery: The saddest slap in the face is we have NO monument, no real statues or memorials, no special day of Atonement or Remembrance (NOT ONE), no thanks for 400+ years of free labor, forced servitude across the Trans-Atlantic, ass beatings, buying ourselves and families out of slavery, rape and plunder...But everyone else has monuments, special museums, and even movies. This is what America thinks of black people, so-called black president and all, who has been largely silent on this subject...We'll even celebrate Leprechauns, Easter Bunnies, and Secretary's Day before we acknowledge our history.","author":"Brandi L. Bates","tags":["african-american-","african-americans","black-panthers","black-people","blacks","huey-newton","malcolm-x","marcus-garvey","martin-luther-king","slavery"],"id":37398,"author_id":"Brandi+L.+Bates"},{"text":"Oh Maker, what did they really say about your black creation? I think you made a beautiful work of art on a canvass of rebellion. Hey, Maker! We are still selling out!","author":"Chinonye J. Chidolue","tags":["art","art","art-work","artwork","back-is-beautiful","beautiful-rebels","black","black-and-white","black-folks","black-history","black-is-beautiful","black-people","black-pride","blacks","canvas-of-life","canvas-of-the-mind","chinonye-j-chidolue","hey-maker","maker","maker","maude","racism","rebel","rebel-of-the-sands"],"id":39685,"author_id":"Chinonye+J.+Chidolue"},{"text":"Sentiments that glorify humanity know no racial distinction.","author":"Abhijit Naskar","tags":["africa","african","african-american","ambitions","black-history","black-people","brainy","character","evolution","human-life","human-race","human-rights","humanism","humanismo","humanist","humanitarian","humanitarian-activities","humanitarian-crisis","humanitarian-efforts","humanitarian-intervention","humanitarianism","humanitarians","humanity-and-society","inspirational","life","love-and-kindness","origin-of-human-rights","origin-of-life","origin-of-species","philosophy","race","race-and-racism-in-america","race-issues","race-of-life","race-relations","races","racial-discrimination","racial-equality","racial-identity","racial-injustice","racial-prejudice","racial-profiling","racial-superiority","racism","sentiments","social-psychology","truth","words-of-wisdom"],"id":43166,"author_id":"Abhijit+Naskar"},{"text":"When you're marginalized, there are no 'them people,' if we're all on the outskirts of the same margin.","author":"Darnell Lamont Walker","tags":["bigotry","black-people","lgbt","marginalization","marginalized","minorities","race","race-in-america","race-relations","racism"],"id":50457,"author_id":"Darnell+Lamont+Walker"},{"text":"Call up the ever-pure, the effulgent and the ever-radiant character of true humanism in yourself and in others, and no racism shall have the power to thrive in such society even for a few seconds.","author":"Abhijit Naskar","tags":["africa","african","african-american","ambitions","black-history","black-people","brainy","character","evolution","human-life","human-race","human-rights","humanism","humanismo","humanist","humanitarian","humanitarian-activities","humanitarian-crisis","humanitarian-efforts","humanitarian-intervention","humanitarianism","humanitarians","humanity-and-society","inspirational","life","love-and-kindness","origin-of-human-rights","origin-of-life","origin-of-species","philosophy","race","race-and-racism-in-america","race-issues","race-of-life","race-relations","races","racial-discrimination","racial-equality","racial-identity","racial-injustice","racial-prejudice","racial-profiling","racial-superiority","racism","sentiments","social-psychology","truth","words-of-wisdom"],"id":62568,"author_id":"Abhijit+Naskar"},{"text":"Black people are either threats or entertainment.","author":"Darnell Lamont Walker","tags":["african-american","black-people","blackness","race","racism"],"id":69956,"author_id":"Darnell+Lamont+Walker"},{"text":"If origin defines race, then we are all Africans – we are all black.","author":"Abhijit Naskar","tags":["africa","african","african-american","black-history","black-people","brainy","evolution","human-life","human-race","humanism","humanismo","humanist","humanitarian","humanitarian-activities","humanitarian-crisis","humanitarian-efforts","humanitarian-intervention","humanitarianism","humanitarians","inspirational","life","love-and-kindness","origin-of-human-rights","origin-of-life","origin-of-species","philosophy","race","race-and-racism-in-america","race-issues","race-of-life","race-relations","races","racial-discrimination","racial-equality","racial-identity","racial-injustice","racial-prejudice","racial-profiling","racial-superiority","racism","social-psychology","truth","words-of-wisdom"],"id":102408,"author_id":"Abhijit+Naskar"}],"pagination":{"page":1,"page_size":10,"total":38,"pages":4,"next":"?page=2\u0026page_size=10"}}