Being Quote by Miquita Oliver

A lot of African American women wanted to emulate white women. But I said in my mind, rationally thinking, there is no way you…

— Claudette Colvin

My hair journey involved a lot of trying to figure out how to deal with my hair as a bi-racial girl in a white…

— Soledad O'Brien

I've got quite coarse hair for someone who is mixed race.

— Griff

I was the only mixed-race girl in my school, but for me, that was a positive thing; it made me unique. If it wasn't…

— Alesha Dixon

I think when I first straightened my hair, I was a teenager. I don't believe that I was consciously doing it to look white…

— Tamron Hall

As a biracial person, my family at first didn't know at first what to do with my hair, so I had to learn on…

— Lauren Ridloff

I have a friend who wanted to practise on my head because they wanted to be a stylist. So I offered what hair I…

— James Michael Tyler

Don't fault me for wearing a 20-inch blond wig - it doesn't mean I want to be a white person.

— Wendy Williams

I do not believe in mixing of the races. You can quote me. I don't believe in it, and I never have. I've never…

— Nina Simone

In private school, I definitely judged myself against the lighter-skinned girls. I wanted to have different hair. I wanted to fit in. I thought…

— Adwoa Aboah

When I was younger, living in an all-black neighborhood the other kids thought I was better than them because of my light skin and…

— Halle Berry

My dad's white, my mom's black, and I've struggled with being mixed race.

— Rhiannon Giddens