Black Quote by Richard Rodriguez

I grew up in a predominantly black neighborhood. My high school and my junior high school were both predominantly black.

— Dawn Staley

I'm the blackest member of my family. You know, these mixed families produce children of all colors, and in Jamaica, the question of exactly…

— Stuart Hall

I grew up in Oakland and for a long time I was the only white kid in school. Then I moved to the suburbs…

— Ryan Fleck

The only black folks in town when I was growing up were me and my cousins and one other family.

— Courtney A. Kemp

So, I was in a segregated, all black, public elementary school until fourth grade, until my father died. And that's when my mother transferred…

— Maya Wiley

When I grew up, my race was not a thing. My identity was in my class. It was not about colour on my estate.

— Michaela Coel

I lived in an all-black neighborhood, followed by an all-white one, and other kids in the always called me Mexican in both neighborhoods.

— Cheech Marin

I grew up with the White half of my family.

— Jaz Sinclair

Where I grew up, it was all people who were black and Latino, people who look like me. Now I live in a neighborhood…

— Jacqueline Woodson

I grew up in an all-white community.

— Gayle King

I feel like my life experience is that of an outsider. Let me explain: my parents are from Panama, and they moved to the…

— J. August Richards