Black Quote by Rachel Dolezal

Im not really about blackness, per se, but about blackness and whiteness, and what they mean and how they interact with one another and…

— Kara Walker

We have to understand and explain to each other what blackness is.

— Michael Eric Dyson

What is blackness? Is it the way you talk? Do you got to say, 'Dey this, dey dat.' Or the way you dress? Or…

— Douglas Wilder

No one tells every white person in this country how to be. No one tells every Hispanic, or Asian or Jewish person in this…

— Montel Williams

Black people have to define who we are, or others do it for us.

— Baron Vaughn

Blackness better defines who I am philosophically and socially than whiteness does.

— Rachel Dolezal

You must begin to define yourself. You must begin to define your Black heritage.

— H. Rap Brown

I consider myself a human being, a Christian, a father, a husband, so many things, before being a black person.

— David Oyelowo

Being a black artist, the first thing people want to talk about is your blackness, the importance of your blackness, and your black presence.

— Toyin Odutola

You need Black [people] sometimes to understand things about Black culture.

— Russell Simmons

There haven't been enough profound things written about what being black means and what a black character is. Nobody knows.

— James Earl Jones

The very definition of 'blackness' is as broad as that of 'whiteness,' yet we're seemingly always trying to find a specific, limited definition.

— Issa Rae