Black Quote by Michael Eric Dyson

I have travelled the globe and experienced racial remarks towards me because I am black, believe me, the list goes on.

— Chris Gayle

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

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

I never had that thing about being black. If the whole world was like that, maybe there would be more harmony and love.

— Tina Turner

If you're a black person in America, it's really hard to avoid being black. And what I mean is that the reality of your…

— Cheo Hodari Coker

Racial identity is simply forbidden to whites in America and across the entire Western world. Black children today are hammered with the idea of…

— Shelby Steele

Have I had experiences by other people identifying me as black and behaving towards me as black? Yes. Just for as long as maybe…

— Rachel Dolezal

There is much about the shared terrain of being a black person in the United States that is not seen on small or silver…

— Jenna Wortham

I'm what they call a 'non-black person of color': NBPOC. It's easy and seductive and common to mobilize around these identity issues, but often…

— Vijay Iyer

Being black has been put in such a negative light. For such a long time, being black has been criminalized, but being black is…

— Zozibini Tunzi

As a black person, I'm used to going to places in which I might be the only black person that shows up there. This…

— Kerry James Marshall

I just feel in a lot of ways black people are so much looser and cooler. Just as a culture, it's so much more…

— Paul Reubens