African american Quote by Charlotte York

When I talk, it shouldn't just be black girls listening.

— Alek Wek

The idea of 'talking white,' a lot of people grew up around that, just the idea that if you speak with proper diction and…

— Chance the Rapper

There ought to be a robust, uninhibited conversation in black America with different black ideological perspectives.

— Cornel West

I think, as a white person, I do not want to speak for a black person.

— Jill Stein

Respectfully, 'Awkward Black Girl' was never meant to be politically correct. We poke fun at ignorance.

— Issa Rae

In my experience—and I admit I didn't anticipate this—most blacks are delighted to have a 100-percent honest conversation with a white man about race.

— Jared Taylor

Being black and speaking properly are not mutually exclusive. My father was an African, and he spoke beautifully at home. Nelson Mandela speaks beautifully.…

— Franklyn Ajaye

I am black, so with my writing and my voice, you get that kind of dialect.

— Steven Caple Jr

Obviously, I'm not not black. But this is one thing I do know after years and years of working with a lot of black…

— Skip Bayless

You're not a Black man. You're a human being in God's eyes. So when you sit down to talk to someone and you talk…

— James McBride

I think that, as a black girl, you grow up internalizing all these messages that say you shouldn't accept your hair or your skin…

— Amandla Stenberg

The only person on the planet saying derogatory things about his woman is the black man.

— Dick Gregory