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title: "20 Born Black Quotes by 19 authors"
description: "Browse 20 Born Black quotes by 19 authors. Discover the best Born Black sayings and thoughts."
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> [Who can be born black and not exult!](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/mari-evans/who-can-be-born-black-and-not-exult/)

[Mari Evans](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/mari-evans/)

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> [I was born gay, just as I was born black.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/don-lemon/i-was-born-gay-just-as-i-was-born-black/)

[Don Lemon](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/don-lemon/)

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> [It could have been worse. I could have been born black.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/stevie-wonder/it-could-have-been-worse-i-could-have-been-born-black/)

[Stevie Wonder](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/stevie-wonder/)

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> [I was born black and female.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/lorraine-hansberry/i-was-born-black-and-female/)

[Lorraine Hansberry](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/lorraine-hansberry/)

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> [I was born black in this country. Trust me, I've seen the government.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/eddie-griffin/i-was-born-black-in-this-country-trust-me-i-ve-seen-the-government/)

[Eddie Griffin](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/eddie-griffin/)

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> [My only crime was being born black - or being born black in Alabama.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/anthony-ray-hinton/my-only-crime-was-being-born-black-or-being-born-black-in-alabama/)

[Anthony Ray Hinton](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/anthony-ray-hinton/)

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> [I look at my kids, who were born under a Black president, who hop around the living room naked and joyful, mimicking…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/emily-raboteau/i-look-at-my-kids-who-were-born-under-a-black-president-who-hop/)

[Emily Raboteau](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/emily-raboteau/)

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> [If you are born black, it is better to be born now than in any other time in United States history. My…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/russell-banks/if-you-are-born-black-it-is-better-to-be-born-now-than-in-any-other/)

[Russell Banks](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/russell-banks/)

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> [The idea of voluntary segregation went against every value I had been taught. What did being born black have to do with…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/walter-dean-myers/the-idea-of-voluntary-segregation-went-against-every-value-i-had-been/)

[Walter Dean Myers](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/walter-dean-myers/)

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> [Born of Black and White, Eaten with worms, I'm a Saint, a Sinner, a Siren of the Word, The Circle knows me,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ted-dekker/born-of-black-and-white-eaten-with-worms-i-m-a-saint-a-sinner-a-siren/)

[Ted Dekker](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ted-dekker/)

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> [There was a while when I was feeling like, 'Damn, if I'd just been born black, I would not have to go…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/eminem/there-was-a-while-when-i-was-feeling-like-damn-if-i-d-just-been-born/)

[Eminem](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/eminem/)

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> [If you are born black, and you don't accept your natural status as a victim, then the validity of your blackness is…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/candace-owens/if-you-are-born-black-and-you-don-t-accept-your-natural-status-as-a/)

[Candace Owens](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/candace-owens/)

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> [I was born to a black childhood of confusion and poverty. The memory of that beginning influences my work today, It is…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/gordon-parks/i-was-born-to-a-black-childhood-of-confusion-and-poverty-the-memory/)

[Gordon Parks](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/gordon-parks/)

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> [When I'm born I'm black, when I grow up I'm black, when I'm in the sun I'm black, when I'm sick I'm…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/malcolm-x/when-i-m-born-i-m-black-when-i-grow-up-i-m-black-when-i-m-in-the-sun/)

[Malcolm X](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/malcolm-x/)

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> [Born in Sub-Sahara Africa, I was born into my black identity because no other identity existed where I lived. However, upon coming…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/michaela-deprince/born-in-sub-sahara-africa-i-was-born-into-my-black-identity-because/)

[Michaela DePrince](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/michaela-deprince/)

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> [“She was born poor and powerless in a land where power is money and money is adored. Born black in a land…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/maya-angelou/she-was-born-poor-and-powerless-in-a-land-where-power-is-money-and/)

[Maya Angelou](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/maya-angelou/)

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> [“You know, Henry, we're the only people who get born into the enemy camp. I mean, black babies get born into black…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/michael-nava/you-know-henry-we-re-the-only-people-who-get-born-into-the-enemy-camp/)

[Michael Nava](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/michael-nava/)

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> [The first decade of the twentieth century was not a great time to be born black and poor and female in St.…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/maya-angelou/the-first-decade-of-the-twentieth-century-was-not-a-great-time-to-be/)

[Maya Angelou](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/maya-angelou/)

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> [“When I'm born I'm black, when I grow up I'm black, when I'm in the sun I'm black, when I'm sick I'm…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/oglala-lakota/when-i-m-born-i-m-black-when-i-grow-up-i-m-black-when-i-m-in-the-sun-2/)

[Oglala Lakota](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/oglala-lakota/)

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> [There is a reason why one man is born black and with other disadvantages, while another is born white with great advantages.…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/joseph-fielding-smith/there-is-a-reason-why-one-man-is-born-black-and-with-other/)

[Joseph Fielding Smith](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/joseph-fielding-smith/)

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