--- title: "7 Identify Black Quotes by 7 authors" description: "Browse 7 Identify Black quotes by 7 authors. Discover the best Identify Black sayings and thoughts." image: "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/4fb/halle-berry-2312_alone_blackness-is-a-state-of-mind-and-i-ident_372263.jpg" --- > [Blackness is a state of mind and I identify with the black community. Mainly, because I realized, early on, when I walk…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/halle-berry/blackness-is-a-state-of-mind-and-i-identify-with-the-black-community/) [Halle Berry](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/halle-berry/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/4fb/halle-berry-2312_alone_blackness-is-a-state-of-mind-and-i-ident_372263.jpg) > [My mom is Jamaican and Chinese, and my dad is Polish and African American, so I'm pretty mixed. My nickname in high…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ayesha-curry/my-mom-is-jamaican-and-chinese-and-my-dad-is-polish-and-african/) [Ayesha Curry](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ayesha-curry/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/46a/ayesha-curry-4436_african-american_my-mom-is-jamaican-and-chinese-and-my-da_475111.jpg) > [I identify as black.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/rachel-dolezal/i-identify-as-black/) [Rachel Dolezal](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/rachel-dolezal/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/d0c/rachel-dolezal-12300_black_i-identify-as-black-1120005_1120005.jpg) > [I do identify myself as a black man before I identify myself as a gay man.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jason-collins/i-do-identify-myself-as-a-black-man-before-i-identify-myself-as-a-gay/) [Jason Collins](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jason-collins/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/039/jason-collins-4195_before_i-do-identify-myself-as-a-black-man-befo_1272929.png) > [I identify as African American. I identify as Black. Black is something I share with other descendants of Africa, African-American is something…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jamilah-lemieux/i-identify-as-african-american-i-identify-as-black-black-is-something/) [Jamilah Lemieux](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jamilah-lemieux/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/72b/jamilah-lemieux-61755_african-american_i-identify-as-african-american-i-identif_1275946.jpg) > [I do identify with being black, and if people don't identify me that way, that's their issue. I'm happy to challenge people's…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/rashida-jones/i-do-identify-with-being-black-and-if-people-don-t-identify-me-that/) [Rashida Jones](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/rashida-jones/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/d09/rashida-jones-2217_biracial_i-do-identify-with-being-black-and-if-pe_1892796.png) > [I wanted to identify that the black experience is American experience.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wadada-leo-smith/i-wanted-to-identify-that-the-black-experience-is-american-experience/) [Wadada Leo Smith](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/wadada-leo-smith/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/9b6/wadada-leo-smith-24902_american_i-wanted-to-identify-that-the-black-expe_3152325.jpg) ```json { "@context": "https://schema.org", "@graph": [ { "@type": "ItemList", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/identify-black/#itemlist", "name": "Identify Black Quotes", "numberOfItems": 7, "itemListElement": [ { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 1, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "Blackness is a state of mind and I identify with the black community. 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