Middle school Quote by Shaun King

I have always, or for the most part, identified myself as a biracial person.

— Keegan-Michael Key

I have always, or for the most part, identified myself as a biracial person. Much to the chagrin of a lot of African-American people…

— Keegan-Michael Key

I went to a school that was predominantly white, and I was one of the first wave of black kids.

— Jay Blades

It's hard enough to be a middle-school kid, because you're dealing with so many facets of your identity - you're changing socially, you're changing…

— Rick Riordan

I think that it's hard enough being an adolescent and wanting so much to fit in with your peers, your schoolmates, and to erase…

— Natasha Trethewey

I'm lucky because I have so many clashing cultural, racial things going on: black, Jewish, Irish, Portuguese, Cherokee. I can float and be part…

— Rashida Jones

I was at all-white schools from kindergarten to twelfth grade, so I wanted to feel what it was like just to be me and…

— Amy Sherald

I do identify with being black, and if people don't identify me that way, that's their issue. I'm happy to challenge people's understanding of…

— Rashida Jones

I'm a white girl and not a white girl, identified by other people as black and not black for as long as I can…

— Jenna Wortham

I always considered myself bi-racial, because I didn't want to disconnect from either side, and I felt very strongly about that. Now, I understand…

— Brooklyn Sudano

Being someone that grew up in a biracial household I never really felt accepted by black people when I was a little kid, I…

— Vic Mensa

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