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title: "7 Written Black Quotes by 6 authors"
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> [I realized with Broadway everything written for black people is usually written in the past, and I'm kind of a contemporary guy.…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/chris-rock/i-realized-with-broadway-everything-written-for-black-people-is/)

[Chris Rock](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/chris-rock/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/cfb/chris-rock-767_black_i-realized-with-broadway-everything-writ_279452.jpg)

> ["Southland" was not written for a black woman.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/regina-king/southland-was-not-written-for-a-black-woman/)

[Regina King](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/regina-king/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/6c7/regina-king-8843_black_southland-was-not-written-for-a-black-wo_792477.png)

> [There haven't been enough profound things written about what being black means and what a black character is. Nobody knows.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/james-earl-jones/there-haven-t-been-enough-profound-things-written-about-what-being/)

[James Earl Jones](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/james-earl-jones/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/0ae/james-earl-jones-8519_about_there-haven-t-been-enough-profound-thing_1228402.jpg)

> [I tend to play characters that arent supposed to black or written black.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/megalyn-echikunwoke/i-tend-to-play-characters-that-arent-supposed-to-black-or-written/)

[Megalyn Echikunwoke](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/megalyn-echikunwoke/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/d77/megalyn-echikunwoke-21509_black_i-tend-to-play-characters-that-arent-sup_1330072.png)

> [The poetry you read has been written for you, each of you - black, white, Hispanic, man, woman, gay, straight.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/maya-angelou/the-poetry-you-read-has-been-written-for-you-each-of-you-black-white/)

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

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/13c/maya-angelou-104_black_the-poetry-you-read-has-been-written-for_2211409.png)

> [I read the script, and I knew it was a good part. It was written for a white actor. That's what I'm…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/gregory-hines/i-read-the-script-and-i-knew-it-was-a-good-part-it-was-written-for-a/)

[Gregory Hines](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/gregory-hines/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/387/gregory-hines-24660_actors_i-read-the-script-and-i-knew-it-was-a-go_2309917.jpg)

> [I tend to play characters that aren't supposed to black or written black.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/megalyn-echikunwoke/i-tend-to-play-characters-that-aren-t-supposed-to-black-or-written/)

[Megalyn Echikunwoke](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/megalyn-echikunwoke/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/7a7/megalyn-echikunwoke-21509_black_i-tend-to-play-characters-that-aren-t-su_2724501.png)

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