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You had 42 blacks that ran on the Republican ticket this Cycle, 14 made of them made it to the general election and two of us made it to the House of Representatives. So I think that there is a new movement that needs to have a voice in the Congressional Black Caucus. ↗

— Allen West

#blacks #caucus #congressional #cycle #election

It had more layers than an onion. These writers meant business. There was a level for everybody. Your major could be celestial mechanics, and there'd be celestial-mechanics jokes. ↗

— Billy West

#celestial #could #everybody #had #jokes

My dear brother Barack Obama has a certain fear of free black men. As a young brother who grows up in a white context, brilliant African father, he's always had to fear being a white man with black skin. All he has known culturally is white. He has a certain rootlessness, a deracination. ↗

— Cornel West

#always #barack #barack obama #being #black

A black agenda is jobs, jobs, jobs, quality education, investment in infrastructure and strong democratic regulation of corporations. The black agenda, at its best, looks at America from the vantage point of the least of these and asks what's best for all. ↗

— Cornel West

#america #asks #best #black #corporations

We want to bear witness today that we know the relation between corporate greed and what goes on too often in the Supreme Court decisions. ↗

— Cornel West

#between #corporate #court #decisions #goes

They say you can rap about anything except for Jesus, that means guns, sex, lies, video tapes, but if I talk about God my record won't get played Huh? ↗

— Kanye West

#anything #except #get #god #guns

I don't know what's better gettin' laid or gettin' paid. ↗

— Kanye West

#gettin #i #know #laid #paid

I'll say things that are serious and put them in a joke form so people can enjoy them. We laugh to keep from crying. ↗

— Kanye West

#enjoy #form #i #joke #keep

If you have the opportunity to play this game of life you need to appreciate every moment. a lot of people don't appreciate the moment until it's passed. ↗

— Kanye West

#every #game #life #lot #moment

If you see a black family, it's looting, but if it's a white family they are looking for food. ↗

— Kanye West

#black family #family #food #looking #looting