Believe Quote by Vick Hope

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

One thing that really bothers me is when a young black person speaks or leads a conversation, and afterward a white person says, 'You're…

— Maverick Carter

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

As a black man, so often you grow up suppressing your emotions and sensitivity.

— Russell Hornsby

I think the media and the Internet and all that stuff, has created this perception of black women as these mammy types, kind of…

— Bill Duke

Some days, I do feel that pressure of, 'What do I mean as a black woman? What am I representing?' It honestly just gives…

— Jessica Williams

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

As a black woman who grows up in a predominantly white neighborhood, you learn how to perform a 'good' version of yourself. And then…

— Katori Hall

In the case of a Black woman like myself, the most classic trope of all is that we are angry or we are aggressive.…

— Annamie Paul

I think my work shows that I love women. I understand where these types of criticisms are coming from because black people have been…

— Spike Lee

Black women are programmed to define ourselves within this male attention and to compete with each other for it rather than to recognize and…

— Audre Lorde

We all have these challenges and stereotypes that exist, but you can't let that hold you down... If that's the first thing you think…

— Tamron Hall