Black Quote by Thomas Chatterton Williams

Black people have to define who we are, or others do it for us.

— Baron Vaughn

I don't like the term 'black people', I find it demeaning to those of us that actually qualify as 'people'.

— Zach Braff

Most of all, I dislike this idea nowadays that if you're a black person in America, then you must be called African-American. Listen, I've…

— Whoopi Goldberg

Sadly, black people disassociate ourselves from the things which make us who we are, identifying them as lesser, or inferior. It's a form of…

— Nate Parker

I don't mind being black. I'm black out loud. It's more than the people that they are, it's the condition that they represent.

— Mos Def

Black people are expected to be passive citizens, good immigrants, mute and grateful.

— David Olusoga

I'm always annoyed about why black people have to bear the brunt of everybody else's contempt. If we are not totally understanding and smiling,…

— Toni Morrison

It is amazing how many people think they are doing blacks a favor by exempting them from standards that others are expected to meet.

— Thomas Sowell

If you are born black, and you don't accept your natural status as a victim, then the validity of your blackness is immediately called…

— Candace Owens

When the world's moving towards being the most inclusive it's ever been, it's unthinkable that certain basic aspects of life are still so unfair…

— Troy Deeney

As African-Americans, we don't start with a blank slate, while other people may. In our position, there's always some sort of stereotype that is…

— Xavier Woods

“black people frequently disqualified themselves even without the WHITES ONLY sign in view”

— Margot Lee Shetterly