Best Quote by Justin Simien

Adults who loved and knew me, on many occasions sat me down and told me that I was black. As you could imagine, this…

— Shaun King

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

Growing up, at that time, I didn't want to be black because I was bullied, and I'd tell my mum that I wanted to…

— Ricky Whittle

I talked to members of my family, and did some personal research that didn't really have anything to do with the time and place…

— Octavia Butler

I was always the only black in the movie theater, the only black in class, the only black in the library, the only black…

— Concha Buika

There were only ever two black kids at my school. I never considered myself to be 'a black kid'. I was who I was.…

— Daley Thompson

I felt black. I was as far as I was concerned. And I wanted to be black for lots of reasons. They were better…

— Jerry Leiber

I was the only mixed-race girl in my school, but for me, that was a positive thing; it made me unique. If it wasn't…

— Alesha Dixon

Being black in America - especially as I was growing up - the feeling of oppression, the feeling of being outcast, the feeling of…

— Rza

When you're a little kid, you don't see color, and the fact that my friends were black never crossed my mind. It never became…

— Eminem

I went to a predominantly white school, and I was the only black girl. I can remember thinking, 'I don't want to be as…

— Kelly Rowland

So, I was in a segregated, all black, public elementary school until fourth grade, until my father died. And that's when my mother transferred…

— Maya Wiley