Black Quote by Brian Flores

I'm a black lady from the Lower East Side of New York. Not a lot intimidates me.

— Ursula Burns

I'm black because that's the way the world sees me.

— Paula Patton

There are so many people who have this idea of who I am because I'm black.

— Clarence Thomas

I grew up in small-town America, black, disadvantaged.

— Cris Carter

Growing up I thought I might be the only black person in the world.

— Ncuti Gatwa

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

— Larry Holmes

I'm black, I don't feel burdened by it and I don't think it's a huge responsibility. It's part of who I am. It does…

— Oprah Winfrey

I grew up poor, black, and working class.

— Roger Ross Williams

I was born a poor black child.

— Al Gore

I'm black because I was born this way. I'm proud of it. Thank God I am who I am.

— Darius Rucker

I went to a segregated school; I was born a Negro, not a black man.

— Michael Eric Dyson

Growing up black, you are lied to and told to act in a way that isn't who you are.

— Rob Morgan