Country Quote by Lenny Henry

I even pretended years ago to be an African, a half-caste African, but because of my light eyes I did not get away with…

— Princess Michael of Kent

I have been extremely proactive in putting myself up for characters that may have been meant to specifically be Caucasian. You bring an interesting…

— Archie Panjabi

The only black people you found were occasional characters or characters who were so feeble-witted that they couldn't manage anything, anyway. I wrote myself…

— Octavia Butler

I've always gotten a positive reaction to doing African-American characters.

— Tracey Ullman

I was very conscious of race as I was writing. I was lucky to have spent real time in Portuguese Africa, but I am…

— Jon Weisman

In all my novels, I deal with the many problems and prejudices which exist for Black people in Britain today.

— Buchi Emecheta

My goal is to broaden and deepen the range of African-American characters on television, so I always try to show human beings.

— Andre Braugher

I've been seesawing between not doing too much racial stuff - because I'd rather be known as the funny comedian than the funny Chinese…

— Ronny Chieng

I heard a white writer say, 'Oh, I'd never put black people in my writing, I'm afraid I would offend someone by doing it…

— Alice Mattison

My mom is Jamaican and Chinese, and my dad is Polish and African American, so I'm pretty mixed. My nickname in high school was…

— Ayesha Curry

I can't compete for roles that require me to be Caucasian or African American, even if those characters really connect with me and intrigue…

— Mena Massoud

I finally made up my mind that I would neither disclaim the black race nor claim the white race; but that I would change…

— James Weldon Johnson