Black people Quote by Ayo Edebiri

I think it's really important that we understand the ways in which blackness plays out, right, and discrimination against black people impacts different communities…

— Opal Tometi

There is no monolithic black culture. It's completely different for someone born in Harlem to someone born in Houston or London with one exception,…

— Justin Simien

The demonizing of black identity is much more of a global phenomenon than many would like to admit. I've traveled abroad extensively, and it's…

— Michael Eric Dyson

I never had that thing about being black. If the whole world was like that, maybe there would be more harmony and love.

— Tina Turner

We have to understand and explain to each other what blackness is.

— Michael Eric Dyson

I think that's the best thing about being black is that we find a way to make our own communities and always give room…

— Brian Tyree Henry

There is a multitude of experiences that make up the black experience.

— Chance The Rapper

There is much about the shared terrain of being a black person in the United States that is not seen on small or silver…

— Jenna Wortham

I speak to the black experience, but I am always talking about the human condition.

— Maya Angelou

I write the black experience in America, and contained within that experience, because it is a human experience, are all the universalities.

— August Wilson

I think that's the core of black aesthetics: the ability to improvise. That is what has enabled our [black people's] survival.

— August Wilson

Blackness is a state of mind and I identify with the black community. Mainly, because I realized, early on, when I walk into a…

— Halle Berry