Allowed Quote by Yvonne Orji Download Open image “On TV, as in life, white folks are allowed to make mistakes, but usually, black people aren't.” — Yvonne Orji ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ 3.8 out of 5 (7 ratings) Copy quoteShare Allowed Black Black people Failure Life Mistakes People
The way Hollywood and TV is, black people don't have any choice but to see ourselves in white-dominated television shows and stories and movies. — Justin Simien Copy Share Image
I think that for the most part, black people specifically have sort of been used as props in TV shows as a way to… — Lena Waithe Copy Share Image
“Here is your law enforcement and media question of the day: Was the TV show COPS real or BS? It might have been real incidents, but it wasn't really all that real. They edited the episodes to make it appear as if black people were committing fewer crimes. That is what the show creator John Langley said in a 2009… — Colin Flaherty Copy Share
White people get to do that all of the time. They get to engage in bad behavior, even felonious behavior, but they rarely wind… — Yance Ford Copy Share Image
I know I'm more forgiving than most African Americans when it comes to second chances for White people who not only commit a racial… — Jonathan Capehart Copy Share Image
If you're African American, you are forced into making different choices, in a lot of cases, than you are as a white person. — Daryl Hall Copy Share Image
I like having my mistakes corrected, but I wonder if it's because you're forced to have a certain humility if you're not an affluent… — Nish Kumar Copy Share Image
People don't believe this, but until sixth grade I'd never seen a white person who wasn't with the police or on TV. — Patrick Beverley Copy Share Image
I've always maintained that black people and women suffer from a presumption of incompetence. The burdens of proof are different. It just gets so… — Carol Moseley Braun Copy Share Image
I generally don't think most situations can be labeled as black or white. — Heath Ledger Copy Share Image
I don't trust white critics' judgment about most things that deal with black life, particularly when a black person is the creator. — Terry McMillan Copy Share Image
Obviously I've been friends with loads of white people and there's certain things that happen and even though they're constantly around black people, they… — Michail Antonio Copy Share Image
I grew up with three older brothers, so I'm very much a tomboy in real life. — Yvonne Orji Copy Share Image
A lot of people have done things in the name of Christianity and religion and faith in a not-so-nice way. — Yvonne Orji Copy Share Image
My faith - as well as my Nigerian culture - really gave me the substance and foundation to be who I desire to be… — Yvonne Orji Copy Share Image
My mom would always say, 'Hair is a woman's beauty.' I cut my hair all off. I was completely bald, and that was, like,… — Yvonne Orji Copy Share Image
Sometimes you're just regular. Sometimes you wake up, and your breath stinks like everybody else, and you had a bad hair day. — Yvonne Orji Copy Share Image
I can only see what's in front of me, but God can see what's behind, what's ahead of me, what's beside me, and it… — Yvonne Orji Copy Share Image
I don't even know anyone who hasn't watched 'Sex and the City.' If you didn't, we can't be friends. — Yvonne Orji Copy Share Image
I remember, growing up, it wasn't sexy to be African. We got called names. — Yvonne Orji Copy Share Image
You can't say you're an actor if you've never acted, and you can't act if no one gives you an opportunity, but they won't… — Yvonne Orji Copy Share Image
I just think that things should be allowed to run their course, and not turned into a Disney ride. — Fiona Shaw Copy Share Image
There are certain things you must not say in spite of the fact that supposedly democracy means free speech. No. You are not allowed… — Chris Eubank Sr Copy Share Image
There aren't traditions of freedom in a place like Iraq. They're going to have to come to grips with a concept that they hadn't… — Malcolm Wallop Copy Share Image
One of the mistakes I made was thinking chickens and penguins could sing, just like all the other animals in the 'Muppets.' But it… — Bret McKenzie Copy Share Image
I was allowed to believe things that weren't true and I would ask questions about them and talk about them. — Marjorie Taylor Greene Copy Share Image
I always wanted to make big action movies as a kid, and that was my dream. In a way, 'Swingers' was the thing I… — Doug Liman Copy Share Image
For years, I had a top secret clearance and never left Russia. Just once did I go to Bulgaria with my wife for a… — Mikhail Kalashnikov Copy Share Image
I've grown up playing for some incredible coaches, and I don't think anybody's ever been as fortunate as I have in terms of the… — Larry Brown Copy Share Image
I respect Chris Brown. I'd like to call myself a friend - I don't know if I'm allowed to do that. — Drake Copy Share Image