Teresa Heinz Quotes

I've always considered myself a person of color.

There's no question that I'm African-American. OK? I'm a black man. We're not going to escape that.

Well who's black and what is a black person?

I am definitely a person of color.

The black experience for me has been very interesting. Some days, I wake up, and I feel really black. Some days, I'm like, 'This is me. I'm black. Black Lives Matter. Black pride. Look at my cocoa skin.' I just feel it's my being.

I stand on the black side of issues, philosophically, politically, socially, and for me to not check that box, I felt like, would be some sort of betrayal of not only who I am but also the community I affiliate with.

We're not monolithic. What is blackness? To me, how do you define that?

I definitely am not white.

I wanted to identify that the black experience is American experience.

I'm African American / I'm African / I'm black as the moon.

I am a Nubian.

Most of all, I dislike this idea nowadays that if you're a black person in America, then you must be called African-American. Listen, I've visited Africa, and I've got news for everyone: I'm not an African.

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.

The African-American experience is one of the most important threads in the American tapestry.

Being black is not a matter of pigmentation - being black is a reflection of a mental attitude.

We also thought of ourselves in racial and largely ethnic terms.

My grandfather was coloured, my father was Negro, and I am Black.

One must learn how to be black in America.

I feel at home in a lot of places, but I am truly an African-American.

The race is your face. Obviously, I come from a mixed background. Who I am and how I look and being black.

A racial or religious or tribal identity is a kind of fact.

I am a Canadian, a man and a Black man in that order.

Through my school years, I learned more about slavery, anti-black racism, and oppression in the U.S., and my blackness could no longer be an afterthought. I started wearing it proudly, and as my consciousness deepened, so did my love for black folks.

I love being black.

I am proud to be black man.