Class Quote by Courtney A. Kemp

I grew up in the suburbs, a calm suburb, without tension, with working-class and middle-class people mixed together.

— JR

I grew up basically in a predominantly, you know, white community and I was mixed but as a kid you don't know that. So…

— Redfoo

I grew up in a very white middle-class area, and obviously I'm not that.

— Griff

I was the only mixed-race girl in my school, but for me, that was a positive thing; it made me unique. If it wasn't…

— Alesha Dixon

Growing up in a school that was majority white, my understanding of the world was that I was different but that differences shouldn't be…

— Alicia Garza

When I was in college, I lived in a mostly black, poor neighborhood. That's where I grew up, but I attended a mostly white…

— Angie Thomas

Growing up in this post-apartheid era, the first generation of teens in South Africa living in this new democracy, I often found myself feeling…

— Adhir Kalyan

I've always felt mixed race. Or as my music teacher said during a lesson: 'You are a mulatto.' I always felt there were white…

— Goldie

Growing up in a multicultural family, I never really felt that I was different - even though I was from most of the kids…

— Priscilla Ahn

I had quite a turbulent upbringing. It was middle class, and everything was quite comfortable, but everyone was mental.

— Lily Allen

All my playmates were black. I lived in a little community called Archery (ph) in a rural area. And I didn't have any white…

— Jimmy Carter

I found my place when I moved to London, where I chose to live, making my own tribe who were all from different backgrounds…

— Neneh Cherry