Friends Quote by Cedric Bixler-Zavala

Growing up in the suburbs of Chicago, the color of my skin and my rather peculiar background as an Ethiopian immigrant delineated the border…

— Dinaw Mengestu

When I was younger, living in an all-black neighborhood the other kids thought I was better than them because of my light skin and…

— Halle Berry

Me being dark-skinned, that was like a big thing. Growing up, I hated myself. It was, like, weird. Kids are cruel.

— Tierra Whack

Growing up, I never known anybody in my family actually to interact with a person of color.

— Mary L. Trump

Sometimes I felt I was being treated differently to my bandmates because of the colour of my skin.

— Leigh-Anne Pinnock

Growing up, at that time, I didn't want to be black because I was bullied, and I'd tell my mum that I wanted to…

— Ricky Whittle

Growing up the way I did, it was tough being one of only a few black people in the town and in school. What…

— Gina Prince-Bythewood

My brothers and I were raised by our parents to respect everyone regardless of background or race.

— Alan Wilson

Growing up in a system that tells you just because of your skin colour you are not good enough - you learn at a…

— Motsi Mabuse

As a black woman I always felt growing up I had to do above and beyond stuff to be noticed, to feel like I…

— Crystal Dunn

I knew exactly what I was, and there was no hang-up with me. None whatsoever. The fact that the pigment of my skin maybe…

— Billy Eckstine

I learned to slip back and forth between my black and white worlds. One of those tricks I had learned: People were satisfied so…

— Barack Obama