When you get called the n-word, as a black person you can do anything. It's like getting a gold star in Super… — Donald Glover Copy Share Image
The most dangerous thing in American society is a self-respecting and self-loving black person, because they're on the road to freedom and… — Cornel West Copy Share Image
I often find myself in situations where I am the token black person. It can feel like this enormous weight. — Amandla Stenberg Copy Share Image
“There had been no black people on the household staff of the McCone mansion in Cleveland, no black people in my schools.… — Kurt Vonnegut Jr Copy Share Image
I love that as a black person I've experienced not being a minority. I think that's helped me to combat the minority… — David Oyelowo Copy Share Image
“If you’re telling a non-black person about something racist that happened to you, make sure you are not bitter. Don’t complain. Be… — Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie Copy Share Image
Obviously I'm not from 50's background - I'm from Westport, Connecticut, which is as far away from his background as you can… — Courtney A. Kemp Copy Share Image
White people get to do that all of the time. They get to engage in bad behavior, even felonious behavior, but they… — Yance Ford Copy Share Image
I guess I've always had such an identity crisis when it comes to other people's understanding of me. I don't feel it… — Jamie Lidell Copy Share Image
“When most people think of intolerance, they imagine a racist taunting a black person. Or they may envision a male chauvinist hurling… — Kim R. Holmes Copy Share Image
You know what, man, that's part and parcel of being a black person in this country: everything's harder. It just is. — Justin Simien Copy Share Image
Any successful black person will have to face suspicion within his or her own community about his or her loyalty to other… — Randall Kennedy Copy Share Image
“It taught me that it is easier to be an insider as an outsider than to be an outsider as an insider.… — Trevor Noah Copy Share Image
“It’s a tree falling in a forest conundrum: if a white kid raps all the lyrics to ‘Gold Digger’ and there isn’t… — Nikesh Shukla Copy Share Image
If Barack Obama now, or some black person in the future, should become president, neither Jesse Jackson nor Al Sharpton would be… — Michael Eric Dyson Copy Share Image
“One of racism’s harms is the way it falls on the unexceptional Black person who is asked to be extraordinary just to… — Ibram X. Kendi Copy Share Image
Speaking as a black person, welfare is the worst thing that's ever happened to us. — Charles Evers Copy Share Image
Trying to find my flaws is like trying to find a black person at one of our concerts — Thom Yorke Copy Share Image
Does a black person make them an African American? No. There are Hispanics that are very, very dark skinned so the word… — Pam Grier Copy Share Image
It was unlikely that anyone had ever heard a black person sing country music. — Charley Pride Copy Share Image
From the start I was a kid who read 'Goosebumps', and that led me to Stephen King, and then I saw 'Aliens,'… — Misha Green Copy Share Image
Anytime you see Beyonce, Jay Z, Kanye West. Anytime a young black person's doing good, that's motivation for everybody else. Anytime, anytime,… — Keke Palmer Copy Share Image
When you go to an art museum, the thing you're least likely to encounter is a picture of a black person. When… — Kerry James Marshall Copy Share Image
I don't judge people by their sexual orientation or the color of their skin, so I find it really hard to identify… — Diana Ross Copy Share Image
So, to say Obama is progress is saying that he’s the first black person that is qualified to be president. That’s not… — Chris Rock Copy Share Image
