Black Quote by Lorraine Bracco

The only black folks in town when I was growing up were me and my cousins and one other family.

— Courtney A. Kemp

We were the only black family in my neighborhood for many years. Wherever we lived, we were often the only black family, and certainly…

— Roxane Gay

My mother is an African-American from the South Side of Chicago who married a white guy in 1978. She was hyperaware of racism and…

— Hannah Bronfman

“This “disorganized family life” in Black neighborhoods was caused by racial discrimination, poverty, cultural pathology, and the introduction of the matriarchal Black family during…

— Ibram X. Kendi

There are folks who now know black families - like the Johnsons on 'Black-ish' or the folks on 'Modern Family.' They become part of…

— Michelle Obama

Most black families have roots, whether Christian, Muslim or other religions, and that journey is unique for each individual.

— Omar Epps

We were like a white family from the 1920s or something. My parents had this bizarre, different way of looking at things from the…

— Jack White

I'm the blackest member of my family. You know, these mixed families produce children of all colors, and in Jamaica, the question of exactly…

— Stuart Hall

I was raised in a black household and grew up with black homies.

— Logic

Our family is mixed. My oldest sister married a black man in 1962, which was way out there then.

— Duff McKagan

I grew up in a predominantly black neighborhood. My high school and my junior high school were both predominantly black.

— Dawn Staley

My encounters with racism are sort of second-hand situations where I might be standing around with a group of white friends and someone makes…

— Wentworth Miller