Family Quote by Baratunde Thurston

“Many of these mixed-blood Indian people were eventually forced into hiding or denial of their Indian ancestry because of their fear of removal to…

— Rickey Butch Walker

Native American isn't blood. It is what is in the heart. The love for the land, the respect for it, those who inhabit it,…

— Anonymous

“. . . Your hair--it's kind of wavy. Indian in your blood, or are you a hypocrite and texturize your hair?" He hesitated, appeared…

— Eric Jerome Dickey

That's such a great book [Bloods]. That's a perfect way to articulate this thing that we're talking about. Just because someone is a black…

— Paul Beatty

“One thing I know for sure is that family is not defined by blood.”

— Jessica Scott

“It could probably be shown by facts and figures that there is no distinctly native American criminal class except Congress.”

— Mark Twain

“Brown people rarely explain how anyone is related to anyone. You’re simply told that these people are your family and to treat them as…

— Scaachi Koul

“I have this deep need to bond with real blood relatives, but I feel like I'm not really a part of either of my…

— Sherrie Eldridge

“the kindred blood which flows in the veins of American citizens, the mingled blood which they have shed in defense of their sacred rights,…

— Alexander Hamilton

“The white men had basically crapped all over the only race that could call itself indigenous in America.”

— David Baldacci

I have Indian Blood in me. I have just enough white blood for you to question my honesty!

— Will Rogers

I really want the sense of black people being interconnected: If you black and you from Chicago, there's a connective tissue we all have.…

— Lena Waithe