J. B. Smoove Quotes

I love being black.

I know that the Black emphasis must be not against white but FOR Black.

I am not the flag: not at all. I am but its shadow.

I feel that sometimes, holding yourself as black, saying that is your sole identity, can sometimes stand in your way of being a member of the humanity of man, being a member of the family of the divine.

Merely by describing yourself as black you have started on a road towards emancipation, you have committed yourself to fight against all forces that seek to use your blackness as a stamp that marks you out as a subservient being.

We believe that when you make Black America better - you make all of America better.

I am Eagle! I am Eagle!

Black women all over the world should re-unite and re-examine the way history has portrayed us.

My black brothers and sisters - of all religious beliefs, or of no religious beliefs - we all have in common the greatest binding tie we could have. We are all black people!

Barack Obama makes me feel good to be a black man.

I was France.

I often wonder whether Negroes like myself who are pretty well known help out at all in breaking down barriers.

The world has made being black a crime .... I hope to make it a virtue.

With a flag you can lead people wherever you want.

I'm black because I was born this way. I'm proud of it. Thank God I am who I am.

I am a man that loves the flag.

I stand on the black side of issues, philosophically, politically, socially, and for me to not check that box, I felt like, would be some sort of betrayal of not only who I am but also the community I affiliate with.

I am proud to be black man.

It's interesting because I think class is a heavy, heavy part of 'Moonlight,' and I think, in a certain way, through the sum of all these parts, it's become a commentary on the black experience in America.

I feel good being a black woman; I've always felt good.

I vowed to never be on camera down-talking another black man.

I like to think my work is furthering black culture by educating and empowering black people.

People ask me why my figures have to be so black. There are a lot of reasons. First, the blackness is a rhetorical device. When we talk about ourselves as a people and as a culture, we talk about black history, black culture, black music. That's the rhetorical position we occupy.

If you wave a flag, make it an American Flag.

I'm a black man that is proud to be black, and I want to help the black community, but I love all mankind.