Black Quote by Pharrell Williams

The new Black doesn't blame other races for our issues.

— Pharrell Williams

“The time has come to realize that the interracial drama acted out on the American continent has not only created a new black man,…

— James Baldwin

Being black is the new awesome.

— Anonymous

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

Overall my race hasn't been a problem. I'm a black artist with white skin. At the end of the day you have to sing…

— Teena Marie

That existential crisis is something you rarely see portrayed by black characters; the idea that people think about their own existence and that they…

— Boots Riley

I am black. What are you going to do about it?

— Adrian Piper

Black people in the US are told all the time, from all aspects, that they're nothing, that they're less than. And of course that…

— Jesmyn Ward

When you say that you are a race man, it means that you embrace the entire black community regardless of the hue, whether somebody…

— Ed Smith

To me, being an All Black means following our dreams.

— Beauden Barrett

When you're black, you have to deal with so much crap in your life from other black people. It's a dirty, dark secret; I'm…

— Charles Barkley

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