Reparations For African Quotes & Sayings

The music of life is in danger of being lost in the music of the voice. — Mahatma Gandhi

Pornography is literature designed to be read with one hand. — Angela Lambert

Like 98% of my problems would be solved if I stopped overthinking things and calmed the fuck down and stopped being such a panicky, anxious little shit. — Unknown

Being black, I'm involved in the reparations movement. It's focused toward the African-American audience. We could begin to heal. — Cassandra Wilson

They say (she had read somewhere) that no one ever disappears, up in the atmosphere, stratosphere, whatever you call space
atoms infinitely minute, beyond conception of existence, are up there forever, from the whole world, from all time. — Nadine Gordimer

Since I believe that a person's philosophical point of view has little meaning if it is not matched by being and action, I found myself willingly wed to an endless series of unpopular causes, experiences which I feel enriched my writing as much as they depleted other aspects of my life. — Howard Fast

This nation is really ready for a woman president. It's taken time, but we're ready. — Ellen Malcolm

They believed that for a thing to exist it had to have a position in time and space. Humanity had arrived as a nasty shock. Humanity practically was things that didn't have a position in time and space, such as imagination, pity, hope, history, and belief. Take those away and all you had was an ape that fell out of trees a lot. — Terry Pratchett

Fortunately, in President Obama, the child of an African and an American, we finally have a leader who is uniquely positioned to bridge the great reparations divide. — Henry Louis Gates

I think of all the things that I've gotten to do, all the wonderful people that I've played with, being in the recording studio with Phil Spector tops them all. And of course, now he is in prison. I hope to visit him, I still consider him a friend, and what can you say? A terrible way for a guy like that to be remembered. — Paul Shaffer

There's no doubt that when it comes to our treatment of Native Americans as well as other persons of color in this country, we've got some very sad and difficult things to account for. I personally would want to see our tragic history, or the tragic elements of our history, acknowledged. I consistently believe that when it comes to whether it's Native Americans or African-American issues or reparations, the most important thing for the U.S. government to do is not just offer words, but offer deeds. — Barack Obama

Black women were armed, black women were dangerous and the less money they had the deadlier the weapon they chose. — Toni Morrison

Do not, under any circumstances, belittle a work of fiction by trying to turn it into a carbon copy of real life; what we search for in fiction is not so much reality but the epiphany of truth. — Azar Nafisi

Freedom requires us to view people as wanting the opportunity to earn their success. — Todd Young

If the thirsty stag runs to the brook, it's only because he isn't aware of the cruel bow ... If the unicorn runs to its chaste nest, it's only because he doesn't see the noose prepared for him. — Deborah Harkness

If you are not long, I will wait for you all my life. — Oscar Wilde

Where there is a lesson to be learned there is always an opportunity of change to be gained. Change comes by learning, help us Lord Jesus to learn something from every lesson. — Euginia Herlihy