Black Quote by Christopher Darden

It has been very rare to see a black woman as a protagonist. And also as three-dimensional people - mathematicians, mothers, wives, complicated people,…

— Margot Lee Shetterly

There's not a woman in the book, the plot hinges on unkindness to animals, and the black characters mostly drown by Chapter 29.

— P. J. O'Rourke

There is an appetite for things that are different and a story with Black characters that's going to appeal to a lot of people.

— Cord Jefferson

There's something really unique about 'Orphan Black' is that it has a lot of female leads, so it's about a lot of women's stories,…

— Tatiana Maslany

The black woman as a concept has an identity largely based on archaic tropes. This same woman as reality, however, exists at the unfortunate…

— Jerrika Hinton

I heard about the book and I said, 'Oh my god, I've got to read this book,' and I didn't know that a white…

— Viola Davis

There haven't been enough profound things written about what being black means and what a black character is. Nobody knows.

— James Earl Jones

It's the same old story. Nothing in this world happens unless white folks says it happens. And therein lies the problem of being a…

— James McBride

Growing up, I didn't receive the representation that I wanted so badly. I was always looking out for black characters - black women -…

— Amandla Stenberg

I have had issues in the past with the characters and the limitations of the characters and the structure of the narratives given to…

— Viola Davis

There was nothing around me that would have given me heroes who happened to be Black. And I don't think anybody can understand how…

— Paterson Joseph

We must begin to tell black women's stories because, without them, we cannot tell the story of black men, white men, white women, or…

— Kimberle Williams Crenshaw