Boat Quote by Uriah Hall

We put stereotypes on ourselves - like, everybody does that. But I think it's just a little harder for black kids to just like,…

— Donald Glover

I think that, as a black girl, you grow up internalizing all these messages that say you shouldn't accept your hair or your skin…

— Amandla Stenberg

There were only ever two black kids at my school. I never considered myself to be 'a black kid'. I was who I was.…

— Daley Thompson

I see other black women imitate my style, which is no style at all, but just letting our hair be itself. They call it…

— Miriam Makeba

We put stereotypes on ourselves. Everybody does that. But I think it's just a little harder for black kids to just be who they…

— Donald Glover

Black is confusing. Where does the line start and stop with what is black and what isn't black? People that are mixed-race, or, imagine…

— Santan Dave

It's fascinating that people, there's so many people now who will make judgments based on what you look like. I'm black. So I'm supposed…

— Clarence Thomas

Growing up black, you are lied to and told to act in a way that isn't who you are.

— Rob Morgan

I am looked at as an African American guy because of the color of my skin. I am darker.

— Bubba Wallace

Me being dark-skinned, that was like a big thing. Growing up, I hated myself. It was, like, weird. Kids are cruel.

— Tierra Whack

Wen I was a kid, I always thought people draped in black clothes are the bad guys.now I m older and black is my…

— Abhijit Manjare

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