African american Quote by Keegan-Michael Key

A lot of people decide, if you're mixed, you're black. And so they try to force you to choose a culture.

— Kendrick Sampson

I grew up basically in a predominantly, you know, white community and I was mixed but as a kid you don't know that. So…

— Redfoo

In America, mixed-race identity tends to invite both curiosity and suspicion, largely because few have found a way to interrogate it without centering whiteness…

— Jenna Wortham

Growing up in a school that was majority white, my understanding of the world was that I was different but that differences shouldn't be…

— Alicia Garza

The African-American community is not monolithic. It's liberal and conservative.

— Pam Grier

My mixed-race background made me a broad person, able to relate to different cultures. But any woman of colour, even a mixed colour, is…

— Alicia Keys

African-Americans are as fair as any other group, but they bring their life experiences to bear as just as whites bring their experiences to…

— Alan Dershowitz

Black folk who don't realize I'm mixed will treat me like I'm some racist person, or when white people find out I'm black, they…

— Logic

I've always felt mixed race. Or as my music teacher said during a lesson: 'You are a mulatto.' I always felt there were white…

— Goldie

Traditionally, I have no right to talk about race. I'm white; I didn't grow up in an all-black neighborhood. But the license I see…

— Sarah Silverman

The interesting thing about the African-American experience in this country is that we are sort of a mongrel of people. I mean we're all…

— Barack Obama

A lot of the things I do deal with my race, but my race is who I am. I'm an American kid who grew…

— Wyatt Cenac