#black

In my wildest imagination, I never thought that the fifth of six children born to Helen and Buddy Watts - in a poor black neighborhood, in the poor rural community of Eufaula, Oklahoma - would someday be called Congressman. ↗

— J. C. Watts

#born #buddy #called #children #community

Most of all, however, critics of black conservatives say we've forgotten where we came from. I may forget a federal budget number or, God forbid, to set the alarm clock for my weekly 6 a.m. flight to Washington, but I know exactly where I came from. ↗

— J. C. Watts

#black #budget #came #clock #conservatives

The more I ponder some of the boneheaded decisions GOP candidates have made of late, I can't bring myself to believe that they are serious about capturing more than about 8 percent of the black vote. ↗

— J. C. Watts

#believe #black #bring #candidates #capturing

Republicans think that the NAACP is the only voice in the black community. It is a voice in the black community. But it's not the only voice. ↗

— J. C. Watts

#black community #community #naacp #only #republicans

That's the way blacks have been encouraged to think: that we got to stick together. You've got a situation today where if a black person says he thinks O.J. Simpson's guilty, other blacks will cut their eyes at him and say, 'You ought to go somewhere and sit down and shut up.' ↗

— J. C. Watts

#black #blacks #cut #down #encouraged

The Democratic Party has taken the black community for granted and said, 'This is the most loyal constituency we have. They're not going anywhere.' But the Republican Party has said, 'That's the most loyal constituency Democrats have. They're not going anywhere. We've got to win without them.' ↗

— J. C. Watts

#black #black community #community #constituency #democratic

If everything isn't black and white, I say, 'Why the hell not?' ↗

— John Wayne

#black and white #everything #hell #i #say

Don't judge me. You wanna judge me, put on a black gown and get a gavel. Get in line with the rest of them that's about to judge me. I got court dates every other month. It's me against the world - that's how I feel. ↗

— Lil Wayne

#against #black #court #dates #every

The unemployment rate is still twice as high for blacks as for whites. ↗

— William Weld

#high #rate #still #twice #unemployment

The fact that we elected Obama was a sign that the black struggle inherent in the blues and so much of the music I have loved can triumph. ↗

— Jack White

#blues #elected #fact #i #inherent