I love Black poets. I love that as a Black girl, I get to participate in that legacy. So that's Yusef Komunyakaa,… — Amanda Gorman Copy Share Image
It's people who look like me, just seeing representation of everyone. I didn't get that when I was young. I only saw… — Marsai Martin Copy Share Image
I was bullied at school. The black girl in Central Falls, Rhode Island, in 1973. There'd be 8 or 10 boys; I… — Viola Davis Copy Share Image
In my perfect world, we'd have one black girl fantasy book every month. We need them, and we need fantasy stories about… — Tomi Adeyemi Copy Share Image
I'm tired of having to consult a group of old white guys about my black girl craft. They don't even know what… — Azealia Banks Copy Share Image
Bodybuilders party a lot, and once, in Gold's--the gym in Venice, California, where all the top guys train there was a black… — Arnold Schwarzenegger Copy Share Image
I understand we love to talk about black girl magic, but sometimes that is a term that allows people to put us… — Jodie Turner-Smith Copy Share Image
I would love 'Awkward Black Girl' to be on television, with the right team of people who understand and get it. If… — Issa Rae Copy Share Image
It's not lost on me to have the ability to be wearing custom Dior or Gucci, with my box braids or my… — KiKi Layne Copy Share Image
When I was growing up, my mother used to say, 'Don't ever bring no nappy-head Black girl to my house.' In the… — Mathew Knowles Copy Share Image
For every nineteenth-century middle-class family that protected its wife and child within the family circle, there was an Irish ora German girl… — Stephanie Coontz Copy Share Image
“No, I’m NOT Team Light Skin. No, I’m NOT Team Dark Skin. No, I’m NOT Team Brown Skin. I’m Team Melanin because… — Stephanie Lahart Copy Share Image
'HEAVN' is about black girlhood, about Chicago, about the people we miss who have gone on to prepare a place for us… — Jamila Woods Copy Share Image
“That her niece should find such profound pleasure in the company of a thirteen-year-old black girl--and, more to the point, always within… — Michael McDowell Copy Share Image
Do u like black girls? They can have attitudes(SUM) but can be sweet and over protective over there men, big butts, beautiful… — Jason Copy Share Image
I'm I beautiful I'm I beautiful is the question on the mind of mine young black girls, the thing we see on… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
“I just have to be normal Starr at normal Williamson and have a normal day. That means flipping the switch in my… — Angie Thomas Copy Share Image
When I was coming up, we didn't have the movement of Black Girl Magic or Black Girls Rock, but my parents made… — Naturi Naughton Copy Share Image
I continue to try to be that face that young girls, particularly Black girls, can have a tangible role model to know… — A'ja Wilson Copy Share Image
Plus I'm gettin that money, I can throw some stacks girl, famous in the hood u can post me in a black… — OJ Da Juiceman Copy Share Image
“I never know which Starr I should be. I can use some slang, but not too much slang, some attitude, but not… — Angie Thomas Copy Share Image
It's great to know that young black girls are seeing themselves on TV as leading ladies, and I'm part of that. It's… — Candice Patton Copy Share Image
People are getting tired of the same material; they want to see black girls as leads in movies. And I happen to… — Amandla Stenberg Copy Share Image
“Team Light Skin? No. Team Dark Skin? No. Team Brown Skin? No. TEAM MELANIN… Black Women and Black Girls are Exquisite Beauty… — Stephanie Lahart Copy Share Image
When I first started in modeling, I went back to England, and it was really hard, because I would go around to… — Jodie Turner-Smith Copy Share Image
I decided to write 'Dear Black Girls,' because, you know, we have that double minority. It's like, 'OK, I'm Black,' and I'm… — A'ja Wilson Copy Share Image
I want - no, I need - to see images of black girls and femmes twerking, slaying and primping, just as much… — Janet Mock Copy Share Image
In 1967, I had my first black girlfriend, and a lot more ever since then. I just don't understand racism. I never… — Lemmy Copy Share Image
Primarily, 'Black Girl/White Girl' is the story of two very different, yet somehow 'fated' girls; for Genna, her 'friendship' with Minette is… — Joyce Carol Oates Copy Share Image
If growing up is painful for the Southern Black girl, being aware of her displacement is the rust on the razor that… — Maya Angelou Copy Share Image
Pop culture says that if a black girl is to be taken seriously, she has to assimilate and be as white as… — Sir Mix-a-Lot Copy Share Image
Me being a black girl in London, whose mom is first-generation African and whose dad is West Indian, gives me a different… — Estelle Copy Share Image
When you go to a club it's not about being black or white or heavy or thick. I'm shaking my ass because… — Miley Cyrus Copy Share Image
I want young black girls to have more dancers to look up to. I want to be able to spread more poppies… — Michaela DePrince Copy Share Image
I've always used black girls on the runway, because I think they're beautiful. I don't need people to tell me, 'You need… — Carine Roitfeld Copy Share Image
It's not that I prefer black girls, but that's who I find myself relating to as a human being. I am also… — Jon B Copy Share Image
One of the things I noticed when I worked at Vibe was that backstage at a fashion show, they always referred to… — Hilton Als Copy Share Image
There's this idea if you are a woman of colour, that you must never let them see you break down. That we've… — Yvonne Orji Copy Share Image
I'm from Cleveland, Ohio. I was the only black girl in my grade. And I was just, like, really dorky. Like, I… — Phoebe Robinson Copy Share Image
“And this makes me wonder if a black girl’s life is only about being stitched together and coming undone, being stitched together… — Renée Watson Copy Share Image
