Princess Nokia Quotes

My belief system is that you laugh at racism, and that's how it goes away.

The work does not end with the abolition of slavery but only begins.

Up you mighty race!

The fight against racism must be seen as a revolutionary one.

For generations, the Jewish and African-American communities have stood together, helping each other overcome their greatest challenges and triumph in the face of sweeping discrimination, all while securing a brighter future for all of our children.

In September of 2015, I did the unthinkable: I used my second-ever runway show to bring awareness to the Black Lives Matter movement. It was the hardest thing I've ever had to do professionally. It was lonely.

It's actually OK to be unique and have your own contributions, to celebrate what it means to be black, how we've survived and thrived through the worst conditions possible.

One of the greatest gifts of Black feminism to ourselves has been to make it a little easier simply to be Black and female.

Using the power you derive from the discovery of the truth about racism in South Africa, you will help us to remake our part of the world into a corner of the globe on which all - of which all of humanity can be proud.

My answer to those who oppose my appointment as CEO is that this is really a decision of the YWCA. They want to strengthen their grassroots to advocate on behalf of women's and children's empowerment and ending racism.

One of the most important functions of jazz has been to encourage a hope for freedom, for people living in situations of intolerance or struggle.

I get so tired of people acting like, you know, black men and women never help each other, never support each other.

So keep fightin' for freedom and justice, beloveds, but don't you forget to have fun doin' it. Lord, let your laughter ring forth. Be outrageous, ridicule the fraidy-cats, rejoice in all the oddities that freedom can produce.

... a legitimate revolution must be led by, made by those who have been most oppressed: black, brown, yellow, red, and white women—with men relating to that the best they can.

Black power means Black dignity

Now we are proud that the government has moved from the class of the exploiters to the class of the people who were being exploited. And in the great name of the same class, I raise this nation's flag which is a strong symbol of this transfer.

The vision of Israel's prophets became the pillar of fire leading the struggle in support of the weak and the different towards equality.

I don't support white supremacy. I'm the one who made them take 'white supremacy' off the roster that was the symbol of the Democratic Party in this state.

We've never advocated violence; violence is inflicted upon us. But we do believe in self-defense for ourselves and for black people.

I'm here to say all lives matter.

Movements don't die, because struggle doesn't die.

I think about freedom as not only as the absence of oppression but also the presence of justice and joy.

There is a movement we call Afro-Futurism, where we imagine a black way of life free of white supremacy and bigotry. 'Black Panther,' I think, is the first blockbuster film centered in the ethos of Afro-Futurism, where the writers and directors and makeup and wardrobe team all imagined a beautiful, thriving black Africa without colonialism.

I molded myself against le Front National. Against hate speech, be it racist, sexist, xenophobic, or homophobic. Against the kind of injustice I faced during my own life.

I often think of Audre Lorde and her saying that we don't live and we don't fight for one specific struggle.