I will not sit in a room with black people when the N word is used. I know it was meant to belittle a person, so I will not sit there and have that... →
Maya Angelou
When I cook for my family on Christmas, I make feijoada, a South American dish of roasted and smoked meats like ham, pork, beef, lamb, and bacon -... →
The poetry you read has been written for you, each of you - black, white, Hispanic, man, woman, gay, straight.
Living in a state of terror was new to many white people in America, but black people have been living in a state of terror in this country for more... →
I've still not written as well as I want to. I want to write so that the reader in Des Moines, Iowa, in Kowloon, China, in Cape Town, South... →
I speak to the black experience, but I am always talking about the human condition.
The hope, the hope that lives in the breast of the black American, is just so tremendous that it overwhelms me sometimes.
Black people comprehend the South. We understand its weight. It has rested on our backs... I knew that my heart would break if ever I put my foot... →
I agree with Balzac and 19th-century writers, black and white, who say, 'I write for money.' Yes, I think everybody should be paid... →
Most of India's 300 odd news channels are making losses and are dependent on dubious cross holding, black money and dodgy private equity... →
Mohammad Hamid Ansari