Books Quote by John Edgar Wideman

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

— David Oyelowo

When people think what is the most simple sort of human, it's a white man, and anything else that is added to that complicates…

— Lisa Hanawalt

There haven't been enough profound things written about what being black means and what a black character is. Nobody knows.

— James Earl Jones

I love writing about black women, but if you go beyond that, we're human beings - and because we're human beings, it's universal for…

— Mara Brock Akil

A lot of times, we talk about black people as if being black is all they are. They get up, go to work... and…

— Margot Lee Shetterly

When you say that you are a race man, it means that you embrace the entire black community regardless of the hue, whether somebody…

— Ed Smith

Black people have to define who we are, or others do it for us.

— Baron Vaughn

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

— Snoop Dogg

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

I'm a black woman every day, and I'm not confused about that. I'm not worried about that. I don't need to have a discussion…

— Shonda Rhimes

“Throughout this book I will use the terms African-American, black, and Negro interchangeably. There is rarely a logic to it, so please try not…

— Baratunde R. Thurston

Some days, I do feel that pressure of, 'What do I mean as a black woman? What am I representing?' It honestly just gives…

— Jessica Williams