Being Quote by Coco Gauff

When you're a black woman, you seldom get to do what you just want to do; you always do what you have to do.

— Dorothy Height

I don't know that I constantly think about being a black woman.

— Susan Kelechi Watson

There are so many stereotypes of how you have to be as a black man, growing up in the community as a man.

— Ashton Sanders

Black women are programmed to define ourselves within this male attention and to compete with each other for it rather than to recognize and…

— Audre Lorde

. . . black women . . . are trained from childhood to become workers, and expect to be financially self-supporting for most of…

— Gerda Lerner

We all have these challenges and stereotypes that exist, but you can't let that hold you down... If that's the first thing you think…

— Tamron Hall

I know how hard it is to be a woman, especially a black woman.

— Mike Tyson

Let’s just say its not a stereotype that black women are less submissive and harder to deal with. Being around all them black women…

— Taye Diggs

Let’s just say it’s not a stereotype that Black women are less submissive and harder to deal with. Being around them Black women made…

— Taye Diggs

As a Black woman you do have to work harder for everything. The world is not going to hand you things.

— Jaz Sinclair

Being a black woman, there's so many different sides of us. We are funny, silly, romantic, professional, smart, and we have good jobs.

— Lauren London

As a black man, so often you grow up suppressing your emotions and sensitivity.

— Russell Hornsby