Boys never liked me at school. They made fun of me 'cos I had dark skin. — Irina Shayk Copy Share Image
Even if you have dark skin. Don't be sad. 'Coz is hurts more to be skinless. — Sharlene05 Copy Share Image
People think that because I have dark skin that I don't need to put on SPF! Wrong! — Hannah Bronfman Copy Share Image
“It occurred to them for the first time in their lives that what's divine can come in dark skin.” — Sue Monk Kidd, The Secret Life of Bees Copy Share Image
I saw the things that my sister went through - she's dark skinned - with boys not considering her attractive in her… — Bill Duke Copy Share Image
We shouldn't be discriminating against each other. The whole 'light skin versus dark skin' is an idea we need to break down. — Dee Rees Copy Share Image
Virtually all of Darfur's six million residents are Muslim, and, because of decades of intermarriage, almost everyone has dark skin and African… — Samantha Power Copy Share Image
Love has no nationality for me. I have a preference for dark skin but that's just superficial. — Abhay Deol Copy Share Image
“I wonder how anyone could think I’m too dark, when my skin is a declaration of how much the sun is in… — I.S. Jones Copy Share Image
Any character who had dark skin, I got all those parts. I could play a Polynesian, East Indian princess, whatever. — Rita Moreno Copy Share Image
“On any woman, the shine was brilliant. But, in contrast to their dark skin, it truly was the Milky Way of watches.” — Holliday Vann Copy Share Image
I have quite dark skin, and when I had my son, I suffered quite bad pigmentation; I had dark patches on my… — Louise Nurding Copy Share Image
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
When I was, like, 5 years old, I used to pray to have light skin because I would always hear how pretty… — Keke Palmer Copy Share Image
Military members understand that the focus is on completing the mission. We don't care if you are tall or short; have dark… — Ted Lieu Copy Share Image
“They come in search of new things, but when they leave they are basically the same people they were when they arrived.… — Paulo Coelho Copy Share Image
Unfortunately, terror is now linked to immigration, and anyone with dark skin or a beard or a Muslim name is suspect. Russia,… — P. Chidambaram Copy Share Image
The funny thing is, when I ask people with dark skin if they would change their color, they tell me no, and… — Alice Dreger Copy Share Image
“Being that the *historical* Jesus was of pure Hebraic descent- lineage of Eber- He was not an Arab or of Arabic descent,… — R. Alan Woods Copy Share Image
“Beyond them fly ships with names like Spirit of Lykos, Hope of Tinos, and Echo of Ragnar. They are painted white and… — Pierce Brown Copy Share Image
I’m a black woman who is from Central Falls, Rhode Island. I’m dark skinned. I’m quirky. I’m shy. I’m strong. I’m guarded.… — Viola Davis Copy Share Image
“Our arithmetic textbooks, which contained problems about speeding trains and leaky cisterns, should rightfully have included the following: how many tins of… — C.K. Meena Copy Share Image
“His familiar husky voice sent a wave of wistfulness through me. A thousand memories spun in my head, tangling together- a rocky… — Stephenie Meyer Copy Share Image
“With time, the racism spread to more and more cultural arenas. American aesthetic culture was built around white standards of beauty. The… — Yuval Noah Harari Copy Share Image
“He made me pick a safe word." Nik peeked between his fingers. Sam's mouth was hanging open. "Oh." Sam's voice was a… — Anne Tenino Copy Share Image
“But that afternoon there was an orchestra playing. Music filling the brownstone. Black fingers pulling violin bows and strumming cellos, dark lips… — Jacqueline Woodson Copy Share Image
But colonialism in its harshest forms is not only the exploitation of new nations by old, of dark skins by light, or… — John F. Kennedy Copy Share Image
“Calvin sits up, jerking his guitar to stand on one thigh. “Mr. Okai.” He swallows. “I didn’t realize you were standing there.”… — Christina Lauren Copy Share Image
“breath, life after seven decades plus three years is a lot of breathing. seventy three years on this earth is a lot… — Haki R. Madhubuti Copy Share Image
“To many persons around him, he appears too much the academic. There may be some things about him that recall his beginnings—his… — Richard Rodriguez Copy Share Image
“The Marquess screamed. All this time, she had been small and cowering, nothing like herself, a shadow of a shadow. But when… — Catherynne M. Valente Copy Share Image
“The first one, with a wispy background that suggested feathers, gave the impression of an angelic figure with my face, dark skin… — Amelia C. Gormley Copy Share Image
“Whitepeople believed that whatever the manners, under every dark skin was a jungle. Swift unnavigable waters, swinging screaming baboons, sleeping snakes, red… — Toni Morrison Copy Share Image
I put my hand on the dark skin and felt the chill of centuries long gone. It was as if I had… — Nikolai Vereshchagin Copy Share Image
“There is no difference between dark skin and light skin if you are both black. You are not inferior or superior, you… — Angela Khristin Brown Copy Share Image
Got a light skinned friend, look like Michael Jackson, Got a dark skinned friend, look like Michael Jackson. — Kanye West Copy Share Image
When I was young, to have a big nose, big lips or dark skin was the worst. You were the wretched. — Nate Parker Copy Share Image
Can we first take care of our 'brown lives matter' in India and then worry about the U.S.? I find it bizarre… — Masaba Gupta Copy Share Image