I am Quote by Cheo Hodari Coker

I'm very proud to be black, but black is not all I am. That's my cultural historical background, my genetic make-up, but it's not…

— Denzel Washington

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

— Darius Rucker

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

— Clarence Thomas

I don't need to tell myself that I'm black or that I'm proud of being black. I just am, and it just doesn't matter.

— Thundercat

I am a black woman, and I'm proud of that, but as a showrunner, I want to think about what makes me unique beyond…

— Courtney A. Kemp

I happen to be black and a woman and unapologetically proud to be both, but that is not the totality of my identity.

— Ayanna Pressley

When people watch 'Power' and they find out the showrunner is black, it's not surprising. What is surprising is that I am a woman…

— Courtney A. Kemp

When you stand up in the morning, you look in the mirror and say, 'I'm black.' No. You wake up and you see yourself…

— Raoul Peck

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

— Paula Patton

I don't like the term 'black film,' and I am proud to be black.

— Rick Famuyiwa

Being black has a lot to do with my...

— Willi Smith

I know I am judged unfairly by my physical characteristics and ostracized because of that so I say, "Yes, I'm a black man."

— Chuck D