When I was young, to have a big nose, big lips or dark skin was the worst. You were the wretched. That… — Nate Parker Copy Share Image
“Then Wang Lung turned to the woman and looked at her for the first time. She had a square, honest face, a… — Pearl S. Buck Copy Share Image
MYOB - mind your own body. It's important because I don't happen to have the kind of body that we usually see… — Gabourey Sidibe Copy Share Image
A tall, broad-shouldered man with dark skin and a gap tooth - I wasn't the image of 'old Hollywood beauty.' — Winston Duke Copy Share Image
I love my complexion, but like so many of us, in the early years at primary school, I grew up thinking that… — Laura Mvula Copy Share Image
As a kid, growin' up, I can't front, it was hard. I was just coming in from Africa. I was mad black.… — Akon Copy Share Image
“People from all over the world have passed through this village, son," said his father. "They come in search of new things,… — Paulo Coelho Copy Share Image
Kids made fun of me because I was dark skinned, had a wide nose, and was dyslexic. Even as an actor, it… — Danny Glover Copy Share Image
My dark skin might not be satisfying for your preference, but it's the skin that my ancestors wore when they were working… — Brester Mishoe Copy Share Image
“Bonnie saw ropes hanging loose, poles falling away, tree-tops sinking beneath her. As they rose, the sun rose with them. Its warmth… — Pauline Fisk Copy Share Image
It's not a joke, you could actually lose your life literally because you've got a dark skin. It's awful. — Alison Hammond Copy Share Image
“NOTE: The character of Aoleon is deaf. This conversation takes place in the book via sign language... “Feeling a certain kind of… — S.H. Robinson Copy Share Image
Blackface remains exoticist and offensive as a practice, not just because of its long tradition of being used to mock black selfhood,… — Kevin Young Copy Share Image
“No, I’m NOT Team Light Skin. No, I’m NOT Team Dark Skin. No, I’m NOT Team Brown Skin. I’m Team Melanin because… — Stephanie Lahart Copy Share Image
“They were gone. They'd come for her, but she'd missed them and she was never going to get home again. When she… — Kaitlyn O'Connor Copy Share Image
Only black people act like dark skin & light skin are two different races.. — Christian Heggs Copy Share Image
“I still worry about Africa, we are slaves to western and Eastern Brands and we do not cherish and love our own.… — Tare Munzara Copy Share Image
“I stood surrounded by naked women not one of them bearing even the remotest resemblance to a centerfold. We had large thighs… — Phyllis Curott Copy Share Image
