Black Quote by Jordan Peele

The whites come to applaud a Negro performer just like the colored do. When you've got the respect of white and colored, you can…

— Nat King Cole

I think that for the most part, black people specifically have sort of been used as props in TV shows as a way to…

— Lena Waithe

In the press, there's this desire for the black audience to be this monolithic thing that always responds to the same stars. That's a…

— Justin Simien

I think I have just always had an awareness that when you go to a premiere and people start cheering and shouting your name…

— Daniel Radcliffe

That is the thing that brought the Black community through so many of the hardships that we've faced historically. It's the ability to love…

— KiKi Layne

I had a burning desire to see black people presented on television in a positive light.

— Don Cornelius

With my representation of a black woman in the world today, there's such a powerful response from my community about what it means to…

— Susan Kelechi Watson

Why was it that cheering expressions were invariably so infuriating?

— Lauren Willig

I mean, it makes me sick when I see a white man sitting there smiling at me being entertaining, man. When I know what…

— Miles Davis

During all the years I entertained at the Baby Grand night club in Harlem, 90 percent of the audience was white. But when I…

— Nipsey Russell

I love seeing black people do normal things, being judged as normal people.

— Chris Rock

As soon as white folks say a play's good, the theater is jammed with blacks and whites.

— August Wilson