Black Quote by Justin Simien

As long as I can remember, I saw myself as black. I was socially conditioned to discard that. It was an all-white town. I…

— Rachel Dolezal

I definitely felt growing up that I wasn't seen as the same as anyone around me because no one around me looked like me.…

— Ncuti Gatwa

I didn't see myself any different from my white counterparts in school. I just didn't! I thought I could do what they did. And…

— Viola Davis

Culturally, I and the people I grew up around were very much the same. It was only randomly that I was reminded that I…

— Myha'la

I'm always shocked when I see myself because I don't recognize myself.

— Ursula Andress

I think, as a kid, turning on the television and seeing that everyone seemed to be wealthy and white made me feel like an…

— Jacqueline Woodson

Never have I once identified myself as white.

— Shaun King

Growing up, I was confused about my identity: I felt like I wasn't black enough to be black, but not white enough to be…

— Mabel

I identified with white culture, and I wanted to fit in. I didn't identify with black culture. Like, I didn't like Tyler Perry movies,…

— Zoe Kravitz

Growing up in America, I never really appreciated my culture. I knew what being Hispanic was, but I thought that since I didn't look…

— Demi Lovato

The truth is, for me, when I was a young black girl who knew I was different, was watching TV, I would always be…

— Lena Waithe

I can't see myself as others see me.

— Julie Newmar