I am an archetype. There's the fat, sassy, black friend, you know? That's an archetype that exists, but that's not truly me. — Nicole Byer Copy Share Image
There is a list of things I'm not allowed to discuss at the dinner table! I am extraordinarily passionate about the Black… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
The definition of gumbo is almost as slippery as that of Creole. Just as gumbo can contain pretty much any kind of… — Jay McInerney Copy Share Image
When I was born in 1959, the hospital in which I arrived had separate floors for black babies and white babies, and… — Nicholas Kristof Copy Share Image
As a black person I am no stranger to prejudice. But the truth is that in the political world I have been… — Shirley Chisholm Copy Share Image
Ah, Christ, I love you rings to the wild sky And I must think a little of the past: When I was… — Allen Tate Copy Share Image
Who is your opponent tonight, tonight I am playing against the Black pieces — Akiba Rubinstein Copy Share Image
I don't understand why black people feel this undying need to want to be down with white people all the time. — Tony Rock Copy Share Image
By death the moon was gathered in Long ago, ah long ago; Yet still the silver corpse must spin And with another's… — Julian Huxley Copy Share Image
My family is part Creole, and we're Indian, and we're also very, very black. My father was so black, he was blue. — Merry Clayton Copy Share Image
In my opinion, I feel like all versions of 'Deathstroke' are valid. Just like with 'Black Panther,' I felt like it wasn't… — Christopher Priest Copy Share Image
When I first saw California, it was extraordinary. Because I came from old, black, dark England, still recovering from World War II.… — Geoffrey West Copy Share Image
From the very beginning I used sound business practices in everything I did. White businessman uses them to make money he's a… — Don King Copy Share Image
Becoming a junior usher at a black church was my entry into the wonder of worship. — Isaiah Washington Copy Share Image
Something struck me in Africa, in black Africa, where polygamy is legal: the solitary woman is the rule there, from at an… — Dacia Maraini Copy Share Image
I marvel at the many ways we, as black people, bend but do not break in order to survive. This astonishes me,… — Kristin Hunter Copy Share Image
The Democrats were crushed in the midterm elections. The Republican juggernaut pounded the Democrats, and the pundits say they will not really… — David Letterman Copy Share Image
[Kane to Rose] I'll never forget the way you looked walking toward me. I never thought that I'd have a woman like… — Christine Feehan Copy Share Image
How many black holes have we been up close and personal with?" Kosta countered. "All sorts of odd things happen near the… — Timothy Zahn Copy Share Image
To see a musical with mostly black actors, even at 10 I knew that was special. — Leslie Uggams Copy Share Image
Lately we have been getting facts pointing to the "oceanic" nature of the floor of so-called inland seas. Through geological investigations it… — Vladimir Belousov Copy Share Image
White men have screwed this country up! I would like a black, female…. everything all rolled into one.I want something different. I… — Denis Leary Copy Share Image
He'll pinch a cigarette between his fingers. He'll take a drag, blow that drag between his lips. He'll look at the firl… — Maureen Medved Copy Share Image
There was no United States before slavery. I am sure somebody can make some sort of argument about modern French identity and… — Ta-Nehisi Coates Copy Share Image