Challenges Quote by Tamron Hall

I don't know that I constantly think about being a black woman.

— Susan Kelechi Watson

There are so many stereotypes of how you have to be as a black man, growing up in the community as a man.

— Ashton Sanders

There's so much about the strong black woman stereotype that makes us forget that we do need and deserve help and care.

— Morgan Parker

When I think about women of color and their place politically in the world and culture... they've had two layers of just garbage to…

— Katherine Ryan

The issues that black men face oftentimes are the issues that everyone faces. Do you have the ability to be present? Are you working…

— Malik Yoba

There are expectations in how you play your character as a black woman, to be sassy and the same kind of feel, as if…

— Nicole Beharie

I know I am judged unfairly by my physical characteristics and ostracized because of that so I say, "Yes, I'm a black man."

— Chuck D

God in my mind gives you what you need. So, if you need God to be a black woman and you need that for…

— Octavia Spencer

The black woman as a concept has an identity largely based on archaic tropes. This same woman as reality, however, exists at the unfortunate…

— Jerrika Hinton

How can you be more subject; black woman in a white man's world?

— Maureen Duffy

As a black woman in the industry, you really do have to hold your head higher, stick your chest out, be kind and polite…

— Lena Waithe

Black women come with all sorts of personalities. So it's time for media to wise up and show us in all of our complexity.

— Franchesca Ramsey