Air Quote by Stephen A. Smith

I'm a black woman and I'm so happy to represent myself in that respect, but I don't want it to be something that defines…

— Rachel Lindsay

I don't consider myself just a black man. I consider myself a brotha. I love my people.

— Stephen A. Smith

I like representing different kinds of black people - showing they exist.

— Zazie Beetz

Some days, I do feel that pressure of, 'What do I mean as a black woman? What am I representing?' It honestly just gives…

— Jessica Williams

I represent young black women, and I'm proud of that.

— Gabriella Wilson

As an actor, my commitment is to be really mindful of how I'm representing Black women. It's the heart of my drive, and my…

— KiKi Layne

As a black woman, my politics and political affiliation are bound up with and flow from participation in my people's struggle for liberation, and…

— Angela Davis

I also know that I have represented for us a certain kind of journalist and for me over the years when an older Black…

— Ed Gordon

I had to get to the point where I just had to embrace carrying the torch for the traditional girls out there. I love…

— Tamera Mowry

I don't carry myself as a black person but as a woman that belongs to everybody. After all, it's the general public that made…

— Eartha Kitt

I come from a proud, Black family, and generations of proud, Black women. So I've always grown up with that special armor, that ability…

— Jade Cargill

I also believe that you are what you have to defend, and if you're a black man that's always going to be the bar…

— Don Cheadle