Christianity Quote by J C Watts

I embrace my blackness, just as I do my conservatism and my Christianity, but I don't want to be defined or pigeonholed by any…

— J. C. Watts

I feel that sometimes, holding yourself as black, saying that is your sole identity, can sometimes stand in your way of being a member…

— Giancarlo Esposito

Merely by describing yourself as black you have started on a road towards emancipation, you have committed yourself to fight against all forces that…

— Steven Biko

I'm what they call a 'non-black person of color': NBPOC. It's easy and seductive and common to mobilize around these identity issues, but often…

— Vijay Iyer

I'm not a representative of blackness, and I'm not a healer.

— Colson Whitehead

I consider myself a human being, a Christian, a father, a husband, so many things, before being a black person.

— David Oyelowo

Whenever I ask myself what blackness means to me, I am struck by the parallels that exist between my predicament and that of many…

— Thomas Chatterton Williams

My Blackness, my Latinidad, and my queerness all resonate in me equally and can't be separated from each other.

— Ariana DeBose

Let me be abundantly clear: I am black, and I am a woman, and I embrace both of those facts.

— Ayanna Pressley

I really just prefer to be exactly who I am, and black is really the closest race and cultural category that represents the essence…

— Rachel Dolezal

I never had a moment of realization about my blackness - I just was. Blackness was a central thread of my experience as a…

— Angela Rye

Knowing that "me" is inextricably linked to blackness, [I try to enjoy] the process of expanding beyond the expected boundaries set by existing culture,…

— Baratunde Thurston