African american Quote by Bebe Moore Campbell

Blackness has always been stigmatised, even amongst black people who flee from the density of that blackness. Some black people recoil from black people…

— Kerry James Marshall

You are, in fact, stigmatized as a racist, because, after all, you have know acknowledged that your nation practiced racism explicitly for four centuries.…

— Shelby Steele

By definition, of course, we believe the person with a stigma is not quite human. On this assumption we exercise varieties of discrimination, through…

— Erving Goffman

It is utterly exhausting being Black in America - physically, mentally, and emotionally. While many minority groups and women feel similar stress, there is…

— Marian Wright Edelman

I recognise that, while I was fortunate enough to grow up without any discrimination or stigma attached at all, other people haven't been so…

— Kristian Nairn

My work is often a therapy for myself - a working out of these issues as a black woman. And a way of allowing…

— Wangechi Mutu

With a lot of these social stigmas, they just don't need to be in place. Just by talking about them, we can often shatter…

— Justin Prentice

It became clear over time that white people have extremely low thresholds for enduring any discomfort associated with challenges to our racial worldviews.

— Robin DiAngelo

As African-Americans, we don't start with a blank slate, while other people may. In our position, there's always some sort of stereotype that is…

— Xavier Woods

Sometimes you do not see white faces when you think of poverty. That leads to lots of stigmas, systemic racism and all that.

— Stephanie Land

When the world's moving towards being the most inclusive it's ever been, it's unthinkable that certain basic aspects of life are still so unfair…

— Troy Deeney

We put stereotypes on ourselves. Everybody does that. But I think it's just a little harder for black kids to just be who they…

— Donald Glover