Dark Skinned Quotes

17 quotes by 16 authors

• There was a time when all dark-skinned people were called Ethiopians, for the Greeks referred to Africa as, 'The Land Of The Burnt-Face People.' — John Henrik Clarke
• We younger Negro artists who create now intend to express our individual dark-skinned selves without fear or shame. If white people are pleased, we are… — Langston Hughes
• Does a black person make them an African American? No. There are Hispanics that are very, very dark skinned so the word has lost its… — Pam Grier
• This will play right into Obama's hands. He's humanitarian, compassionate. They'll use this to burnish their, shall we say, 'credibility' with the black community --… — Rush Limbaugh
• I’m a black woman who is from Central Falls, Rhode Island. I’m dark skinned. I’m quirky. I’m shy. I’m strong. I’m guarded. I’m weak at… — Viola Davis
• We younger Negro artists who create now intend to express our individual dark-skinned selves without fear or shame. If white people are pleased we are… — Langston Hughes
• After embracing Islam in 1977, I considered the majority of underprivileged dark-skinned people of the so-called Third World brothers and sisters in humanity. — Cat Stevens
• Democracy is not just freedom to criticize the government or head of state, or to hold parliamentary elections. True democracy obtains only when the people… — Nawal El Saadawi
• I have a thick skin, which comes from being a not-really-skinny, dark-skinned Indian woman. I haven't fit in every place, and so I'm kind of… — Mindy Kaling
• Wings in the Night”) that has regrettably achieved some popularity on neo-Nazi websites runs: “The ancient empires fall, the dark-skinned peoples fade and even the… — Robert E. Howard
• The Mormon mission to Africa, as to other dark-skinned parts of the world, was for a long time hobbled by the racism of the movement's… — James Fenton
• It's not like I'm looking for a blonde or a brunette, light-skinned or dark-skinned. I feel like I give any girl a fighting chance. — Ryan Lochte
• When I got out of acting school, I was lucky to have gotten any job at all. A lot of people hiring African American actresses… — Anna Deavere Smith
• A child who can love the oddities of a fantasy book cannot possibly be xenophobic as an adult. What is a different color, a different… — Jane Yolen
• My father was a dark-skinned brother, but my mother was a very fair-skinned lady. From what I understand, she was Creole; we think her people… — Ice T
• Got a light skinned friend, look like Michael Jackson, Got a dark skinned friend, look like Michael Jackson. — Kanye West
• Yeah, racist people look at me like I'm a martian, Check the card, yeah my money lookin dark skinned, Tell the bank teller the black… — Chamillionaire

Who Wrote These Dark Skinned Quotes

16 authors contributed a total of 17 Dark Skinned Quotes as follows:

• 2 Dark Skinned Quotes by Langston Hughes
• 1 Dark Skinned Quote by Mindy Kaling
• 1 Dark Skinned Quote by Robert E. Howard
• 1 Dark Skinned Quote by James Fenton
• 1 Dark Skinned Quote by Ryan Lochte
• 1 Dark Skinned Quote by Anna Deavere Smith
• 1 Dark Skinned Quote by Jane Yolen
• 1 Dark Skinned Quote by Ice T
• 1 Dark Skinned Quote by Kanye West
• 1 Dark Skinned Quote by Chamillionaire
• 1 Dark Skinned Quote by John Henrik Clarke
• 1 Dark Skinned Quote by Pam Grier
• 1 Dark Skinned Quote by Rush Limbaugh
• 1 Dark Skinned Quote by Viola Davis
• 1 Dark Skinned Quote by Cat Stevens
• 1 Dark Skinned Quote by Nawal El Saadawi