Allowing Quote by Darryl Pinckney

Identity is becoming more dependent on what people are willing subscribe to and less dependent on objective criteria such as skin colour or where…

— Stuart Hall

It's important for youth, black youths particularly, to be able to fill in the blanks of themselves so they can know completely who they…

— Forest Whitaker

“...we have to be aware of the power and importance of organizing not just around identity, but the materiality of daily life, which still,…

— Manning Marable

Racial identity is chosen and given. It is as much a product of the world's perception of you as it is of your own…

— Ritchie Torres

“black identities are diverse and complex…”

— bell hooks

Like any group that has endured much, African Americans have created a strong and mutually reinforcing sense of group identity. That's not a bad…

— J. C. Watts

A racial community provides not only a sense of identity, that luxury of looking into another's face and seeing yourself reflected back, but a…

— Wentworth Miller

It comes down to this: black people were stripped of our identities when we were brought here, and it's been a quest since then…

— Spike Lee

Identity is very personal...identity is political. My identity is what is and it is what it's gonna be. And I don't think that any…

— Jamilah Lemieux

Identity is a concept of our age that should be used very carefully. All types of identities, ethnic, national, religious, sexual or whatever else,…

— Murathan Mungan

For generations, black children have been brought up to have a critical race consciousness, a framework for dealing with prejudice and discrimination, which helps…

— Rachel Simmons

Black Consciousness seeks to infuse the black community with a new-found pride in themselves, their efforts, their value systems, their culture, their religion and…

— Steven Biko