African american Quote by Michael B. Jordan

“I am not 'African American' —I am black American.”

— John McWhorter

“[I] would argue that native-born blacks are so vastly less "African" than actual Africans that calling ourselves 'African American' is not only illogical but…

— John McWhorter

Black artists are encouraged to explore their identity but are then pigeonholed according to their ethnicity. We may have seen the decline of old…

— Munira Mirza

The fact that there aren't an abundance of African-American males that are getting lead roles [and] that are getting roles that have prominence on…

— Michael B. Jordan

There's a lot of other rappers that aren't what they claim to be, and they get a pass because they're black.

— Logic

I'm lucky in that in my character in hip hop is me. I'm Michael Render. My character is Killer Mike. But the truth that…

— Killer Mike

The Afro-American is not a bestial race.

— Ida B. Wells

“This is laid down with a groove funkier and blacker than anything Prince of Michael Jackson--or any other black artist of the recent years…

— Bret Easton Ellis

“the Afro-American experience, rejecting the false history, spurious logic, and expedient politics that collapse the situations of Afro-Americans, Latino Americans, Asian Americans, and indigenous…

— Barbara J. Fields

Out of 30 years of Second City I was probably the third African-American with the main stage cast. I was surprised when I first…

— Tim Meadows

Mike looks even dumber than he normally looks.

— Pauly D

Quite a lot of the American rappers will be a bit confused by the humor and a bit lost. But I think you have…

— Miquita Oliver