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Black people, we are not this monolithic group, you know?

Blackness is not a monolith. We are not homogenous people; we are not all the same.

The very definition of 'blackness' is as broad as that of 'whiteness,' yet we're seemingly always trying to find a specific, limited definition.

Black Consciousness is an attitude of the mind and a way of life, the most positive call to emanate from the black world for a long time.

What is blackness? Is it the way you talk? Do you got to say, 'Dey this, dey dat.' Or the way you dress? Or is it the forgiving of certain things? What is black enough?

Nothing is out of our realm, because it has nothing to do with color. As black people, we're not different from anyone else, other than the exterior.

There haven't been enough profound things written about what being black means and what a black character is. Nobody knows.

Black Consciousness seeks to infuse the black community with a new-found pride in themselves, their efforts, their value systems, their culture, their religion and their outlook to life.

The basic tenet of black consciousness is that the black man must reject all value systems that seek to make him a foreigner in the country of his birth and reduce his basic human dignity.

There is a tendency to want to treat blacks as a monolithic socioeconomic group.