--- title: "8 Brown Skinned Quotes by 8 authors" description: "Browse 8 Brown Skinned quotes by 8 authors. Discover the best Brown Skinned sayings and thoughts." image: "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/ed8/eric-jerome-dickey-2982_cousin_your-hair-it-s-kind-of-wavy-indian-in-yo_106538.png" --- > [“. . . Your hair--it's kind of wavy. Indian in your blood, or are you a hypocrite and texturize your hair?" He…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/eric-jerome-dickey/your-hair-it-s-kind-of-wavy-indian-in-your-blood-or-are-you-a/) [Eric Jerome Dickey](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/eric-jerome-dickey/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/ed8/eric-jerome-dickey-2982_cousin_your-hair-it-s-kind-of-wavy-indian-in-yo_106538.png) > [When you're walking down a street and you are a brown-skinned person or you're a person that lives in an immigrant community,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/lori-lightfoot/when-you-re-walking-down-a-street-and-you-are-a-brown-skinned-person/) [Lori Lightfoot](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/lori-lightfoot/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/bdd/lori-lightfoot-6415_community_when-you-re-walking-down-a-street-and-yo_382339.jpg) > [Us brown-skinned girls get ashy if we don't moisturize.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/tyra-banks/us-brown-skinned-girls-get-ashy-if-we-don-t-moisturize/) [Tyra Banks](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/tyra-banks/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/5f0/tyra-banks-1220_get_us-brown-skinned-girls-get-ashy-if-we-do_818826.png) > [I'm a brown-skinned Indian immigrant, low-caste untouchable - I don't know how many labels you want to put on me - who's…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/shiva-ayyadurai/i-m-a-brown-skinned-indian-immigrant-low-caste-untouchable-i-don-t/) [Shiva Ayyadurai](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/shiva-ayyadurai/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/373/shiva-ayyadurai-9754_how_i-m-a-brown-skinned-indian-immigrant-low_933755.jpg) > [I didn't have a brown-skinned superhero growing up who wore cornrows and who reflected the inner city where I come from in…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/nafessa-williams/i-didn-t-have-a-brown-skinned-superhero-growing-up-who-wore-cornrows/) [Nafessa Williams](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/nafessa-williams/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/db4/nafessa-williams-12321_city_i-didn-t-have-a-brown-skinned-superhero_1013732.jpg) > [“I bought a brown-skinned glove puppet. He came with a little black briefcase and his hair was parted exactly down the middle.…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/helen-oyeyemi/i-bought-a-brown-skinned-glove-puppet-he-came-with-a-little-black/) [Helen Oyeyemi](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/helen-oyeyemi/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/06a/helen-oyeyemi-1658_puppet_i-bought-a-brown-skinned-glove-puppet-he_1777892.png) > [Growing up, I learned the value of sticking up for my brown-skinned friends amongst my white-skinned friends.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/cedric-bixler-zavala/growing-up-i-learned-the-value-of-sticking-up-for-my-brown-skinned/) [Cedric Bixler-Zavala](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/cedric-bixler-zavala/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/b7e/cedric-bixler-zavala-10330_friends_growing-up-i-learned-the-value-of-sticki_2122595.jpg) > [You turn 'Insecure' on, and you see a sea of brown. You see at the core of it a strong friendship between…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/yvonne-orji/you-turn-insecure-on-and-you-see-a-sea-of-brown-you-see-at-the-core/) [Yvonne Orji](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/yvonne-orji/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/a32/yvonne-orji-6484_friend_you-turn-insecure-on-and-you-see-a-sea-o_3114028.jpg) ```json { "@context": "https://schema.org", "@graph": [ { "@type": "ItemList", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/brown-skinned/#itemlist", "name": "Brown Skinned Quotes", "numberOfItems": 8, "itemListElement": [ { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 1, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "“. . . Your hair--it's kind of wavy. 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