O Black conscience day is celebrated on November 20th.
This date was chosen as a tribute to the day of the death of the leader Zumbi dos Palmares, who fought slavery in Brazil. Therefore, it is a day to stimulate reflection on the struggle of black people for equality.
With that in mind, Toda Matéria selected 15 phrases from people who are part of the history of the black movement for you to reflect on black consciousness and understand the importance of this date.
The time has come to lift our nation out of the darkness of racial injustice. (Zumbi dos Palmares)
I was a person with dignity and self-respect, and I shouldn't consider myself worse than anyone else just because I was black. (Rose Parks)
Nobody is born hating another person because of the color of their skin, their origin or even their religion. To hate, people must learn, and if they can learn to hate, they can be taught to love. (Nelson Mandela)
My daily struggle is to be recognized as a subject, to impose my existence on a society that insists on denying it. (Djamila Ribeiro)
The black movement has many faces, but it is always a continuation of the great liberation struggle whose main leader and basic reference is Zumbi dos Palmares. (Abbeys of Birth)
I am not descended from slaves. I am descended from people who were enslaved. (Makota Valdinha)
I have a dream that my four little children will one day live in a nation where they will not be judged on the color of their skin but on the content of their character. (Martin Luther King)
When the black woman moves, the whole structure of society moves with her. (Angela Davis)
I am against all forms of racism and segregation, all forms of discrimination. I believe in human beings, and that all human beings should be respected as such, regardless of their color. (Malcom X)
For the discussion to expand, it is essential to understand that we are in a different treatment place. We need to recognize racism. (Marielle Franco)
Until the color of a man's skin means no more than the color of his eyes, there will be war. (Bob Marley)
This is the history of this country, the history of generations of people who felt the lash of slavery, the shame of subjection, the sting of segregation, but they continued to endure and wait and do what needed to be done so that, today, I wake up every morning in a house that was built by slaves, and watch my daughters – two beautiful, intelligent, young black women – play with their dogs on the lawn at the White House. (Michelle Obama)
Hating people because of their color is wrong. And it doesn't matter what color is to hate. It's just wrong. (Muhammad Ali)
Everything is more difficult for a black man. You have to prove 100 times that you are the best. It's tiring, hard, painful. If you don't have extraordinary strength, you can't make it through. But I came into the world to fight. I'm a warrior! (Glory Mary)
I freed a thousand slaves. I could have freed another thousand if they'd known they were slaves. (Harriet Tubman)
Don't stop here, we have more texts on this subject for you:
- Black Consciousness
- Black Consciousness Day: November 20th
- Poems to reflect on Black Consciousness
- Brazilian Black Personalities
- Inspiring Black Women
- black movement
- How did Black Consciousness Day come about
