Brooklyn Quote by Jessica Williams

The beautiful thing about having grown up in Brooklyn is, because of the rich cultural and racial diversity there, no one seemed to give…

— Wentworth Miller

I've been in a couple with different races like Latino, white, Middle Eastern.

— Sanaa Lathan

It's almost hip to, you know, be from Brooklyn or to live in Brooklyn.

— Aja Brown

I lived in Park Slope, which is probably one of the most homogenized areas of Brooklyn. No offense to Park Slope.

— Stephanie Beatriz

I grew up in Vancouver which is beautiful but very Caucasian. When I moved to Toronto there were a lot more Black and mixed…

— Taylor Russell

In America, interracial dating or marriage is not something that is as accepted. Certain people feel strongly against it, in both communities. I felt…

— Jodie Turner-Smith

My family, friends and community members rarely spoke about race relations, or how people from different races have different experiences growing up in America.…

— Joe Thomas

Our family is mixed. My oldest sister married a black man in 1962, which was way out there then.

— Duff McKagan

I'm a black lady from the Lower East Side of New York. Not a lot intimidates me.

— Ursula Burns

My mother is an African-American from the South Side of Chicago who married a white guy in 1978. She was hyperaware of racism and…

— Hannah Bronfman

I've dated interracially a lot. I grew up in Harlem, so I've dated Latins, Dominican, Guyanese, Cuban, black, white.

— Mekhi Phifer

I've never had any problem with race in Boston, so I don't even want to talk about that. I never said anything about race.

— Jae Crowder