Ask Quote by Afrika Bambaataa

Don't get caught up on 'I'm brown, black, white, red, blue, whatever.' You gotta ask, what were you called before 1492? All these names…

— Afrika Bambaataa

Our names were made for us in another century.

— Richard Brautigan

The only people that deserve to be called Americans are Native Americans, otherwise, I'm a Latino American, you know… Anybody else... well where did…

— Cristian Machado

I'm Colombian. My family all have different complexions; some are people of color. I've been called every name by white people, been mocked for…

— Kali Uchis

People have called Christopher Columbus horrible, racist, a psycho-maniac killer and a slave owner.

— Rush Limbaugh

I think it's a huge thing in a multicultural society that people know my name.

— Omid Djalili

Whereas Europeans generally pronounce my name the right way ('Ni-klows Wirt'), Americans invariably mangle it into 'Nick-les Worth'. This is to say that Europeans…

— Niklaus Wirth

The real names of our people were destroyed during slavery. The last name of my forefathers was taken from them when they were brought…

— Malcolm X

For most Native Americans, there's no more offensive name in English. That non-Native folks think they get to measure or decide what offends us…

— Suzan Shown Harjo

When asked by an anthropologist what the Indians called America before the white men came, an Indian said simply "Ours.

— Vine Deloria Jr

I remember when we were called 'colored,' and Dr. King would always tell young people not to get upset at what people called you.…

— Jesse White

Embrace your colour, heritage, whatever you want, but don't let it confine you. Just live without labels.

— Mustafa Ali