Acting Quote by Wesley Morris

Too often, black athletes are presented as angry, overly aggressive and overly sexual. Or sometimes, they're just plain emasculated.

— Jemele Hill

If you're a white kid growing up and you see a Black player and he's got the name of your college or your town…

— Frank Deford

A black athlete being reduced to a savage is, sadly, nothing new.

— Jemele Hill

People think, 'Oh, he's a black quarterback, he must be dual-threat.' People throw around that word all the time. It's lazy.

— Deshaun Watson

'Black-ish' is the cherry on the top of my career... When you come into your own, when you're in your skin, you're unstoppable, because…

— Jenifer Lewis

What I say about myself, black footballers or black pop stars is that we have been 'elevated out of blackness.' Because when people see…

— John Barnes

Seven out of 10 black faces you see on television are athletes. The black athlete carries the image of the black community. He carries…

— Arthur Ashe

Growing up, usually when I saw a black female on television, she was either a broken character or sidekick.

— Lexi Underwood

I never look at myself as a black player. I think of myself as a hockey player that wants to be the best player…

— P.K. Subban

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

The fact that there aren't an abundance of African-American males that are getting lead roles [and] that are getting roles that have prominence on…

— Michael B. Jordan

When you get called the n-word, as a black person you can do anything. It's like getting a gold star in Super Mario Brothers…

— Donald Glover