A Different World was run by black women, Debbie Allen and Yvette Lee Bowser. Lead writer Susie Fales-Hill was a hero of… — Gina Prince-Bythewood Copy Share Image
“Asian men are frequently emasculated in the media, or presented as sexless props, for comedic relief. Oh, if only they could absorb… — Issa Rae Copy Share Image
I date African-American women. That's all I date. In my family, it was never discussed - but I love black women. Nothing… — Stephen A. Smith Copy Share Image
I am a bit of a fundamentalist when it comes to black women's hair. Hair is hair - yet also about larger… — Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie Copy Share Image
Black women rock the cradle, and whoever rocks the cradle rocks the future. — Marian Wright Edelman Copy Share Image
“When the agents of public health lament the fact that poor black women breastfeed too little and conceive too much, they forget… — Gabrielle Palmer Copy Share Image
No other group in America has so had their identity socialized out of existence as have black women... When black people are… — Bell Hooks Copy Share Image
I collaborated with so many people from Chicago - so many Black people, young Black women organizations like BYP100 and Assata's Daughters.… — Vic Mensa Copy Share Image
“Some of my Black sistas don’t know any better, so I’d like to give them some enlightening food-for-thought. Many of them are… — Stephanie Lahart Copy Share Image
“You see, in American pop culture, beautiful dark women are invisible. (The other group just as invisible is Asian men. But at… — Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie Copy Share Image
They allow us to disrespect our Black woman. A lot of these things would be considered criminal if it were to be… — Afrika Bambaataa Copy Share Image
There's so much about the strong black woman stereotype that makes us forget that we do need and deserve help and care. — Morgan Parker Copy Share Image
As a little girl, my destiny was stamped onto the canvas of my imagination at 5 years old. I was watching soaps… — Niecy Nash Copy Share Image
In America, and no doubt elsewhere, we have such a tendency toward the segregation of cultural products. This is a black book,… — Ayana Mathis Copy Share Image
“Women in general, and African American women in particular, are still separated by a veil, albeit an invisible one. As long as… — Patricia Dixon Copy Share Image
Do you think that Gwendolyn Brooks would give an award to someone who hated Black women, the lie that was circulated throughout… — Ishmael Reed Copy Share Image
I don't think that there are as many black women or women of color becoming psychiatrists, so we can't find them and… — Morgan Parker Copy Share Image
“I told the priest my god is a black woman he poured holy water on me and scheduled me for an exorcism” — Ijeoma Umebinyuo Copy Share Image
“The crude communal myth about black men is that we are in some manner unavailable to black women—either jailed, dead, gay, or… — Ta-Nehisi Coates Copy Share Image
“Well, they asked for it," Essie said. "People should learn not to mess with the Black women.” — Lara Morgan Copy Share Image
It was a good script [Something New]. We have not seen an interracial issue dealt with from a black woman and white… — Sanaa Lathan Copy Share Image
“i think any poem worth its salt, if poems can indeed be salty, should allow the reader to think. this poem is… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
I wanted to play roles which offered new ways of viewing black women and black people in general- and I have done… — Naomie Harris Copy Share Image
Black women as a group have never been fools. We couldn't afford to be. — Barbara Smith Copy Share Image