Around Quote by Eddie Marsan

When I grew up, my race was not a thing. My identity was in my class. It was not about colour on my estate.

— Michaela Coel

I used to be obsessed with race. I'm more obsessed with class now.

— Barry Jenkins

I'm from an upper-middle class background. But because there was no one of my race where I grew up, I was very isolated. I…

— Courtney A. Kemp

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

Growing up as a young black girl in Potomac, Maryland was easy. I had a Rainbow Coalition of friends of all ethnicities, and we…

— Issa Rae

I consciously learned and performed my race like a teacher's pet in an advanced placement course on black masculinity.

— Thomas Chatterton Williams

Being Native American, we were different than everybody else, but I never felt like I was different.

— Kelvin Sampson

Going to college and living with someone of another race gave me a different view of what people have to go through.

— Sue Bird

I always felt different because I didn't pick one specific clique or group to be a part of, and I didn't choose one thing…

— Cassadee Pope

I grew up basically in a predominantly, you know, white community and I was mixed but as a kid you don't know that. So…

— Redfoo

I didn't see myself any different from my white counterparts in school. I just didn't! I thought I could do what they did. And…

— Viola Davis

When I was a kid, I honestly never thought about race. I didn't see differences.

— Lana Condor