I who have gone the gamut from an almost angry rejection of my dark skin by some of my brainwashed brothers and… — Gwendolyn Brooks Copy Share Image
“In a tree-shaded pasture, seventeen adult tortoises randomly stood around. As I fed them spinach leaves sold by an opportune vendor, they… — Kristine K. Stevens Copy Share Image
I think to be very blunt about it, in a lot of that support is a desire for convergence of a black… — Shelby Steele Copy Share Image
To me, a philosopher who says that the distinction between human and nonhuman depends on whether you have a white or a… — J. M. Coetzee Copy Share Image
“The number-one draft pick or the up-and-coming action hero will never choose me, because I’m dark skinned,” my friend said. On the… — Gabrielle Union Copy Share Image
Any movie you see, if Tom Cruise is in an action movie or whatever it is, The Avengers, there's going to be… — Geena Davis Copy Share Image
I adore my black skin and my kinky hair. The Negro hair is more educated than the white man's hair. Because with… — Carolina Maria de Jesus Copy Share Image
Cinema is a little over 100 years old, and a lot of what we do is built around film emulsion. Those things… — Barry Jenkins Copy Share Image
“ (Charles Morgan, Jr., Southern Director of the ACLU in 1966, upon seeing conditions in the Jefferson County jail): ...I knew that… — Wayne Greenhaw Copy Share Image
“Acknowledging that my skin was, in fact, Cocoa as it is, would have destroyed their narrative about who I really was. Therefore… — Mitta Xinindlu Copy Share Image
“The irony is too rich not to point out. When arranging the different human races in tiers, from just below the angels… — Sam Kean Copy Share Image