American Quote by Amiri Baraka

To be a Negro in this country and to be relatively conscious is to be in a rage almost all the time.

— Anonymous

Growing up in the South, I was raised to be a Negro boy. I was acutely aware how other people perceived me, and that…

— George C. Wolfe

I don't think of myself as a Negro. I'm a Southerner. I just like the Southern way of life.

— Julian Bond

And I used to say, 'I'm black, too.' In other words, I - my whole life I've been called a half-breed, a convict, king…

— Duane Chapman

I'm not going to be one of those people who says, 'I'm a showrunner; I'm not a black showrunner.' I'm black when I go…

— Cheo Hodari Coker

“I realize I'm black, but id like to be viewed as a person, and that is everybody's wish.”

— Michael Jordan

The American Negro has been entirely brainwashed from ever seeing or thinking of himself, as he should, as a part of the non-white peoples…

— Malcolm X

I realize that I'm black, but I like to be viewed as a person, and this is everybody's wish.

— Michael Jordan

There are so many people who have this idea of who I am because I'm black.

— Clarence Thomas

I'm conscious of my race and ethnicity in the legislature - it's hard not to be.

— Pramila Jayapal

I don't need to tell myself that I'm black or that I'm proud of being black. I just am, and it just doesn't matter.

— Thundercat

When you're Black in the United States, you grudgingly grow accustomed to having people deny that your existence is integral to everything that makes…

— Jonathan Capehart