Magical Negro Quotes

“It is possible that in the dark slumbering of their unconscious, the White imagines that the only remedy for fear is death.”
― Morgan Parker, Magical Negro

“I feel most colored when I am the punchline. When I am the trigger.”
― Morgan Parker, Magical Negro

“When I wake up I never think
I will be told to be ashamed
I'm not ashamed
No one tells me I'm beautiful”
― Morgan Parker, Magical Negro

“Regular Black Regular Black Nigger I Nigger I Black​We till soil​We murdered for capital​We ride around shining
in our own wake​We even make chains look good”
― Morgan Parker, Magical Negro

“Of course, the feedback loop of Sambo and Panther fables is inescapable only if the Negro concedes to internalize the mythology of the White (and as such, the imagination of the White, and as such, the latent desire for the Negro’s own demolition) as Standard. It is therefore in the Negro’s best interest to learn the language and rhetoric of the White and use the fluency to their advantage in matters of not only self-preservation, but also self-recognition.”
― Morgan Parker, Magical Negro

“If it seems like I desire you, you’re right. I want my whole mouth around your safety. I want to be buried side by side.”
― Morgan Parker, Magical Negro

“A lack of serotonin. A lack of vulnerability. No chill. Nothing
real. No need to have her back because she don’t have one.”
― Morgan Parker, Magical Negro

“Sometimes I go to the sink for water and I come back with a jar full of wine. Every second I breathe, I forgive.”
― Morgan Parker, Magical Negro