Chris Ofili Quotes

I'm black because I was born this way. I'm proud of it. Thank God I am who I am.

I'm black. I've been black all my life, and as far as I know, I'll die black.

I identify as black.

My son don't have to say it loud, I'm black and I'm proud. He don't have to be called those crazy names.

I don't mind being black. I'm black out loud. It's more than the people that they are, it's the condition that they represent.

Learn to love being black.

I've heard that I've gotten a lighter complexion, as if I've bleached my skin. I think that is so stupid and ludicrous. For those who want to bleach their skin, that's fine. I just didn't bleach mine. I'm a black woman. I don't want to be anything but a black woman.

I'm black, I don't feel burdened by it and I don't think it's a huge responsibility. It's part of who I am. It does not define me.

I consider myself black.

I'm not going to be one of those people who says, 'I'm a showrunner; I'm not a black showrunner.' I'm black when I go to sleep. I'm black when I wake up, period. It doesn't affect my perspective on everything, but at the same time, it's who I am, and I'm proud of it.

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

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

I've never been one to carry race on my sleeve, and I've never been one to really use my race.

What is blackness? Is it the way you talk? Do you got to say, 'Dey this, dey dat.' Or the way you dress? Or is it the forgiving of certain things? What is black enough?

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.

To me, we are the most beautiful creatures in the whole world. Black people. And I mean that in every sense.

I feel good being a black woman; I've always felt good.

Mixed-race blacks have an ethical obligation to identify as black - and interracial couples share a similar moral imperative to inculcate certain ideas of black heritage and racial identity in their mixed-race children, regardless of how they look.

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

Black people, we are not this monolithic group, you know?

Just call me black, if you want to call me anything.

The Black skin is not a badge of shame, but rather a glorious symbol of national greatness.

I never really had to put much thought into my race, and neither did anybody else. I knew I was black. I knew there was a history that accompanied my skin color, and my parents taught me to be proud of it. End of story.

I never learned how to be adequately black. I never learned how to be black at all.

I don't see myself as a 'black actor,' I'm just Shemar Moore the actor. I'm very proud to be black, but I'm just as much black as I am white.