Black Quote by Daley Thompson

I went to a segregated school; I was born a Negro, not a black man.

— Michael Eric Dyson

Adults who loved and knew me, on many occasions sat me down and told me that I was black. As you could imagine, this…

— Shaun King

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

— Jay Blades

My kids are nothing like I remember black kids being when I was a kid.

— Kenya Barris

Growing up I thought I might be the only black person in the world.

— Ncuti Gatwa

People didn't seem able to consider that maybe both were true. OK, I was born to white parents, but maybe I had an authentic…

— Rachel Dolezal

I was the only black girl at my junior high school. I had an afro, a Jamaican accent, I looked really old.

— Grace Jones

I grew up in a small town and never went to a Black school.

— Mathew Knowles

My mother is black, from Grenada, so my blackness was always there, but It wasn't until I started hanging with the upperclassmen black actors…

— Amanda Seales

Kids that I went to school with didn't know how to interact with black people like that. There were only, like, three or four…

— Big Sean

Growing up, at that time, I didn't want to be black because I was bullied, and I'd tell my mum that I wanted to…

— Ricky Whittle

I was one of three kids of colour in our school. There was a young black brother and sister, and me. So we stood…

— Henry Golding