Drama Quote by Prue Leith

In Europe I couldn't be anything but a black cook working for somebody. My inspiration was to own, to be the chef.

— Marcus Samuelsson

When I was young, I dreamt of being a starlet in Hollywood. But there comes a point in every African American's life when you…

— Ruby Dee

I grew up in a very white, privileged, old-fashioned society in South Africa and went to a boarding school run by nuns.

— Prue Leith

I was always told that I'd have to do a movie with a white guy in order to get the money. That's the way…

— Louis Gossett, Jr

I get so tickled when that pilot happens to be an African American because I rarely see that. The same is true when I…

— Marcus Samuelsson

If you're from Africa, why are you white?

— Anonymous

I was blessed to get an education available to few black women in Africa at that time. Every woman should be able to get…

— Julia Mavimbela

My mother worked in the white world, but I lived almost exclusively in a black world. I don't think I had ever seen a…

— Edward P. Jones

It was jarring to be berated for 'acting white' when I was placed in a predominantly black middle school in Southern California. I was…

— Issa Rae

Growing up in this post-apartheid era, the first generation of teens in South Africa living in this new democracy, I often found myself feeling…

— Adhir Kalyan

Black people created their own stereotype. Now its hard for me to be a educated young black man without being labeled as 'acting white.'

— Anonymous

I feel so British, but people would look at me and see a very African woman - the way I cook is very Nigerian,…

— Wunmi Mosaku