Also Quote by Blair Underwood

In black America there's such a thing as passing, the black people who are light skinned and they will pass for white.

— Juan Williams

I think there is this narrative that if you are a black woman, and you are strong, and you are educated, it's like, 'Good…

— Yvonne Orji

As a black woman in the industry, you really do have to hold your head higher, stick your chest out, be kind and polite…

— Lena Waithe

Some days, I do feel that pressure of, 'What do I mean as a black woman? What am I representing?' It honestly just gives…

— Jessica Williams

You have to assess every situation that you're in and you have to decide, is this happening because I'm black? Is this happening because…

— Charlayne Hunter-Gault

In terms of the black female audience, usually if you're true to that character but more so in your body of work if you've…

— Blair Underwood

I don't want to pass because I can't stand insincerities and shams. I am just as much Negro as any of the others identified…

— Fredi Washington

I always assumed I'd marry a black woman.

— Trip Lee

It's great to go to work and your boss is a black man, one of your peers, you know?

— Lamman Rucker

As a black man working in the business, it's a challenge sometimes to get some of these things and these stories told when they…

— Rick Famuyiwa

“When you're a black woman", her mother said, "ain't no hiding what you are. Day you try, is the day you die. Stand tall,…

— Dan Brown

It seems like no matter how successful you are, or how strong, or how many lives you've changed, or how many banners you've got…

— A'ja Wilson