Share this sentence
— Gary Clark, Jr."For a black male, the sound of the blues is pre-Civil Rights. It's oppression."
Related information
Discover more quotes
Previous Quote
For me her image, the triptych, became a study of the weight the black male figure carries, given the fact that they are targeted by the police, and are constantly in danger of being misread in public spaces.
— Claudia Rankine
Next Quote
The street is as diverse as any other sector, but in peoples' mind it gets appropriated as a black man who's tough. Trying to make it through by staying hard and phallocentric. To me, that is just an impoverished conception of what it is to be a black male. It doesn't do justice to my grandfather, my father, my brother - or just the black men I grew up with.
— Cornel West
Loading recommended content...