Black Quote by Dee Rees Download Open image “Going into a room and saying, 'I'm a black lesbian' - it's a strike against you.” — Dee Rees ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ 4.1 out of 5 (7 ratings) Copy quoteShare Black Going Room Saying Strike
Being a black lesbian myself, I roll my eyes a little bit when I see black lesbian characters on shows where it's purely there… — Lena Waithe Copy Share Image
I am a strong, black lesbian woman. Every single time I say it, I feel so much better. — Brittney Griner Copy Share Image
Sam, that's a great concept. And maybe you believe it. But I'm black and I'm a lesbian, so let me tell you: From what… — Michael Grant Copy Share Image
Within the lesbian community I am Black, and within the Black community I am a lesbian. Any attack against Black people is a lesbian… — Audre Lorde Copy Share Image
Obviously, I'm not not black. But this is one thing I do know after years and years of working with a lot of black… — Skip Bayless Copy Share Image
I used to walk around saying that I'm just another black man without a college degree. — Jayson Blair Copy Share Image
“The move to render the presence of lesbians and gay men invisible in the intricate fabric of Black existence and survival is a move… — Audre Lorde Copy Share Image
You know, I never walk into a room feeling as if I'm in the room as a Black woman. When I walk into the… — Linda Thomas-Greenfield Copy Share Image
Some days, I do feel that pressure of, 'What do I mean as a black woman? What am I representing?' It honestly just gives… — Jessica Williams Copy Share Image
“Sometimes I'm a black. Not everyone realizes blackness has to be conferred upon you again and again. It's like getting your nails done. Or… — Laura Yes Yes Copy Share Image
“Is it racist of me to not really want to hear about your gay sex?” — Colleen Hoover Copy Share Image
I want people to get from 'Pariah' that it's okay to be you and not to check a box as a parent or child. — Dee Rees Copy Share Image
I thought I'd get an MBA, and then I could be anything. And I'd write on the side. That was the idea. — Dee Rees Copy Share Image
I thought that marketing was a way to be creative in business but quickly learned all creative stuff happens at the ad agency. — Dee Rees Copy Share Image
When I first started going out to lesbian clubs, I felt a very binary recreation of hetero culture. There are butches and femmes, and… — Dee Rees Copy Share Image
I was always going to direct. I wasn't going to hand my characters over to anyone else. — Dee Rees Copy Share Image
For me, books were my source of affirmation. Alice Walker, Audrey Lord - it was these authors who wrote about their experiences. It was… — Dee Rees Copy Share Image
When I first came out, holidays were hard. I reached a point where I didn't go home anymore. I constructed my own, kind of… — Dee Rees Copy Share Image
We shouldn't be discriminating against each other. The whole 'light skin versus dark skin' is an idea we need to break down. — Dee Rees Copy Share Image
Each moment is defined by a multitude of histories, the past constantly converging upon us, perpetually decaying and reforming itself on the steady pulse… — Dee Rees Copy Share Image
I'd go to lesbian parties. I felt like I wasn't hard enough to be butch, but I wasn't wearing heels and a skirt -… — Dee Rees Copy Share Image
I wanted to write about voodoo tradition that I feel has been very important to survival of black people here: people of the African… — Jesmyn Ward Copy Share Image
When you go to a club it's not about being black or white or heavy or thick. I'm shaking my ass because I want… — Miley Cyrus Copy Share Image
The vision of the left, full of envy and resentment, takes its worst toll on those at the bottom - whether black or white… — Thomas Sowell Copy Share Image
When you're scared - and I mean really scared, not just hearing a noise in the night, or standing toe to toe with someone… — Alexander Gordon Smith Copy Share Image
The term "black metal" has become a lot looser, or can include a larger range of sounds and extra-musical aesthetics, not just Satan and… — Colin Marston Copy Share Image
We have to build our own power. We have to win every single political office we can, where we have a majority of black… — Fannie Lou Hamer Copy Share Image
There is only one party in the United States, the Property Party...and it has two right wings: Republican and Democrat. Republicans are a bit… — Gore Vidal Copy Share Image
Black music has always known, and not been afraid to acknowledge just how high the stakes of Black thought are. To summarize the final… — Frank B. Wilderson III Copy Share Image
Hollywood is so fixated on keeping it that way because it's generating the buzz, but that representation isn't right. I definitely feel like it's… — John Boyega Copy Share Image
