Black Quote by Deval Patrick

As Black women, there's so much pressure on us to be everything to everyone. We're expected to wear so many different hats, and to…

— A'ja Wilson

The best thing about wearing black is that you can hide pretty easily, unless you're in like Hawaii, then you can't hide.

— Gerard Way

As a black woman in the industry, you really do have to hold your head higher, stick your chest out, be kind and polite…

— Lena Waithe

We need to get past the point where being black and a male means that I am likely to mug you for your wallet,…

— John Amaechi

I think that's the best thing about being black is that we find a way to make our own communities and always give room…

— Brian Tyree Henry

As a black man, I have to respect myself and have nice things. As a man in general.

— Snoop Dogg

“Black men are also notorious for posing as cool and above-it-all instead of expressing joy and happiness. This is one of the masks that…

— Jor-El Caraballo

I've pretty much learned I can let that [being black] hinder me if I want to ... or I can fight for different kinds…

— Halle Berry

There are so many stereotypes of how you have to be as a black man, growing up in the community as a man.

— Ashton Sanders

There's something about black. You feel hidden away in it.

— Georgia O'Keeffe

Recognize that being one of the only black people in an organization, or just in a meeting, automatically makes you very visible. Use this…

— Kenneth I. Chenault

I think that's the core of black aesthetics: the ability to improvise. That is what has enabled our [black people's] survival.

— August Wilson