Believe Quote by Bree Runway

I agree that lighter-skinned women get favored in Hollywood, and I'm not proud to say that.

— Kiersey Clemons

Women that look like me [the black ones] need to see more of themselves in social media, in film, in music.

— Zoe Kravitz

“The number-one draft pick or the up-and-coming action hero will never choose me, because I’m dark skinned,” my friend said. On the other hand,…

— Gabrielle Union

It's really maddening out there for dark-skinned actresses in terms of the opportunities we get. There's just so much talent that is being overlooked.

— Rutina Wesley

There's a lot of Black women on TV in the media and I feel like we look different, but we also still look like…

— Ayo Edebiri

I always want black girls to feel confident in who they are, and in their skin.

— Bree Runway

One thing I am quite passionate about is the absence of dark-skinned women in the media, so I have a passion to show dark-skinned…

— Michaela Coel

Beauty judgements are many and while we think that light skin women have no judgements to deal with. There is this filmmaker I love…

— Dia Mirza

As much as you turn on the television and see our beautiful faces, you'd be amazed to see who is not behind the camera.…

— Eva Marcille

It's assumed that light-skinned women have no problems or issues, but they are judged before you know who they are.

— Bill Duke

People are getting tired of the same material; they want to see black girls as leads in movies. And I happen to be lucky…

— Amandla Stenberg

When you're a Black actress, the box that we often get put in is so small. And me being a dark-skinned Black actress, the…

— KiKi Layne