American Quote by Margot Lee Shetterly

I think that's the core of black aesthetics: the ability to improvise. That is what has enabled our [black people's] survival.

— August Wilson

I think it's important for people of colour to have similar opportunities to white people; that's what is most important.

— Mahershala Ali

The black immigrant experience in the U.S. must be understood not in contrast to the African American experience but as an integral part of…

— Opal Tometi

I do think, however, that there's a very diverse point of view in the African-American community. There's a lot of different voices that need…

— J. C. Watts

The beauty of being black in American society is that black has always been an inclusive definition. White has always been an exclusive definition.…

— Benjamin Jealous

I think that for the most part, black people specifically have sort of been used as props in TV shows as a way to…

— Lena Waithe

I do think it's important for black writers to show that we too can make it into the mainstream. Growing up, I didn't just…

— Lena Waithe

I think it's really important that we understand the ways in which blackness plays out, right, and discrimination against black people impacts different communities…

— Opal Tometi

Teaching Black Studies, I find that students are quick to label a black person who has grown up in a predominantly white setting and…

— Bell Hooks

Even though Blackness isn't a monolith, there are things that for Black people in the U.S. and globally are shared experiences. I think that…

— Ayo Edebiri

The Black experience in America now includes everything, all the way up to being the president of the United States.' But there's genres for…

— Cord Jefferson

If I can relate the black experience to white people, then they can understand us better and not be so afraid.

— Eddie Griffin