Being Quote by Vic Mensa

I grew up in a small town in a low-income family and was the only black kid in my elementary school. I felt like…

— Lori Lightfoot

I was born in the Eighties, and at that time the idea of having a mixed-race child wasn't welcome. Then I was also an…

— Masaba Gupta

Everybody has culture, even white people have culture, but its different with me. So in high school, I was hanging out with the black…

— Logic

I was unique in that I was a kind of black that white people could accept. I was their daydream. I had the worst…

— Lena Horne

I had to fight hard against loneliness, abuse, and the knowledge that any mistakes I made would be magnified because I was the only…

— Jackie Robinson

My parents were 30 years older than I was, and my parents had my brother and I ten years apart. My parents grew up…

— Courtney A. Kemp

By the time I reached middle school, I fully identified myself not even as biracial but just as black.

— Shaun King

I felt black. I was as far as I was concerned. And I wanted to be black for lots of reasons. They were better…

— Jerry Leiber

I was black growing up in an all-white neighborhood, so I felt like I just didn't fit in. Like I wasn't as good as…

— Halle Berry

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

When I was younger, living in an all-black neighborhood the other kids thought I was better than them because of my light skin and…

— Halle Berry

I knew being accepted was going to be hard, but I knew I was involved in a situation that was going to bring opportunities…

— Larry Doby