Maya Soetoro-Ng Quotes

Whatever ethnicity you are, yes, absolutely you have to be proud of who you are man. I am really really proud to be Asian, I got to say.

I want to be known for what I am, black and white, because I'm proud of both.

You just need to be accepted for who you are and be proud of who you are and that is what I'm trying to do.

I wouldn't want them to feel lonely or outcast ever in any way. And no matter where they were in the world, I'd want them to always feel incredibly confident about who they were and proud.

My whole life is an interracial relationship! It's inescapable. I am who I am.

I think being biracial is a different experience. I think that, and coming from the U.K., I feel as much white as I do black. And so it's really important for me to address these issues of identity in my work. But also, you know, we're always stronger when we work on, you know, what we have in common. And I love exploring that in my work.

You can try to justify how Asian you are, but you're never going to make everybody happy.

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 unusual mix nobody was used to seeing. So people weren't very accepting of me in the beginning, but later that changed.

I'm proud of who I am, and I'm proud I grew up in Puerto Rico.

I knew exactly what I was, and there was no hang-up with me. None whatsoever. The fact that the pigment of my skin maybe being lighter brown than other people of my race, maybe some of them, but you know our race has all colors.

I feel more at home knowing I'm not really at home. It takes all the pressure off you trying to fit in!

I'm a black American, I am proud of my race. I am proud of who I am. I have a lot of pride and dignity.

I'm so proud of who I am and where I come from and who my father is.

If you don't believe you don't belong.

I've never bothered about my color. I never had that thing about being black. If the whole world was like that, maybe there would be more harmony and love. Maybe. I don't have a problem with being black in a white country or being with my people.

I find myself frequently introducing myself to someone, saying that, you know, I've grown up black and biracial in the United States.

I don't want anyone to ever say that I don't belong where I am.

If you're of multiple races, you have a different challenge, a unique challenge of embracing all of who you are but still finding a way to identify yourself and I think that's often hard for us to do.

There is no reason to be ashamed of who you are.

I myself am mixed race - my mother is Korean, and my father is an American Jew - so I've always felt other.

You've got to love what's yours.

I'm a half-breed. You know, I'm Puerto Rican and Norwegian from descent, and I grew up, born and raised in New York City, and I stood out amongst my friends in my community. I was very blond-haired, white, and 'Lemonhead' was the name that they gave me.

I think what I've learned out of this lifetime is you should be proud of where you come from.

I relate to both my Caucasian side and my African side, and I love that.

I hate pride, but if I were going to be proud of anything it would have to be something I'd done myself. Race pride is kind of stupid.