Black Quote by Thomas Chatterton Williams

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

I used to be obsessed with race. I'm more obsessed with class now.

— Barry Jenkins

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 was a black kid in an all-white school, so I had to deal with some of that stress and pressure.

— Roy Hibbert

I started to try to be a colorist, although secretly thinking of myself as somewhat of a black and whiteist.

— Susan Rothenberg

I was absolutely always aware of how my race and gender affected how people treat me.

— Nia DaCosta

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

— Jay Blades

I went to a historically black college.

— John David Washington

I never really had to put much thought into my race, and neither did anybody else. I knew I was black. I knew there…

— Issa Rae

I learned at an early age how to traverse the white world, the white-dominant world. I learned, and I was successful at it. I…

— Ron Stallworth

I grew up poor and white. While my class oppression has been relatively visible to me, my race privilege has not. In my efforts…

— Robin DiAngelo

It was really bizarre. I was learning how to be a black guy from a white guy pretending to be a black man.

— Lenny Henry