Average Quote by Bernie Mac

It was a sign of growing up, when the dark made no more difference to you than the day.

— Roddy Doyle

I've had that my whole career. People were always hedging around the question of: Why are you so dark? What happened to you?

— George Saunders

Growing up in the suburbs, the worst part was definitely being black. The best part was maybe also being black. Just having that perspective,…

— Ian Simpson

I had a burning desire to see black people presented on television in a positive light.

— Don Cornelius

I was a black center in the middle of all the nature. I was nothing, but I could do anything.

— James Franco

It's hard being black. You ever been black? I was black once - when I was poor.

— Larry Holmes

When I was in Portland, there were some dark times for me.

— Greg Oden

I could easily have decided that life was cruel, that being black meant everything was stacked against me.

— Benjamin Carson

I was always the only black in the movie theater, the only black in class, the only black in the library, the only black…

— Concha Buika

The black experience for me has been very interesting. Some days, I wake up, and I feel really black. Some days, I'm like, 'This…

— Jessica Williams

I was a pretty dark person to begin with. I have always been more drawn to darkness

— Rooney Mara

For black people who are really dark - and a lot of black people were averse to be dark skinned - it was believed…

— Kerry James Marshall