Listening Quote by Courtney A. Kemp

I identified with white culture, and I wanted to fit in. I didn't identify with black culture. Like, I didn't like Tyler Perry movies,…

— Zoe Kravitz

I was an athlete, so I hung out with the jocks. I was smart, so I hung out with the nerdy kids. I was…

— Larry Wilmore

When I got near teen age, I was so happy with my friends and the African-American culture that I couldn't imagine not being part…

— Johnny Otis

When I was younger, living in an all-black neighborhood the other kids thought I was better than them because of my light skin and…

— Halle Berry

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

I grew up in a mixed-race family in Bristol. My cousin was this white guy who was interested in Parliament, Marc Bolan, Bowie. His…

— Tricky

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

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 was one of I think three white girls in my school. So, I was very much an outsider. And plus I was Jewish…

— Janis Ian

I went to a school that was predominantly white, and I was one of the first wave of black kids.

— Jay Blades

I read so much Harry Potter, that's, like, all I wanted to talk about. I watched stuff like 'Lizzie McGuire.' I watched things that…

— Jessica Williams

I was always the only black in the movie theater, the only black in class, the only black in the library, the only black…

— Concha Buika