African american Quote by Janice Dickinson

I identify as African American. I identify as Black. Black is something I share with other descendants of Africa, African-American is something I share…

— Jamilah Lemieux

I do identify with being black, and if people don't identify me that way, that's their issue. I'm happy to challenge people's understanding of…

— Rashida Jones

My identity is very clear to me now, I am a black woman.

— Lena Horne

They say I look like a different ethnicity, and nobody's been recognizing me.

— Kim Kardashian

I identify with the regular person, because that is who I am.

— Kathy Griffin

I have always, or for the most part, identified myself as a biracial person.

— Keegan-Michael Key

I do identify myself as a black man before I identify myself as a gay man.

— Jason Collins

Never have I once identified myself as white.

— Shaun King

I don't really identify myself as white or African-American. I'm just me. I'm Madison.

— Madison Keys

When people first meet me, they're always like, 'What are you?' as far as ethnicity. And I've been pegged as 'ethnically ambiguous.'

— Malese Jow

The race is your face. Obviously, I come from a mixed background. Who I am and how I look and being black.

— Neneh Cherry

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