Yvonne Orji Quotes

Blackness is not a monolith. We are not homogenous people; we are not all the same.

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

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

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.

I'm not for having to support everything that's black, because I definitely don't. But I do feel like it is imperative for us to see that we are not a monolithic people.

There are a plethora of ways of being black, just like there's many ways to being white.

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.

Colored people come in all colors.

There is no one American beauty or just one beautiful color in the pantheon, especially in regards to black people - there is no better color.

I know I'm a black actor, but really, I'm an actor who happens to be black.

There isn't just one black experience out here.

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.

I need to point out that African-Americans are not a monolith and do not operate in groupthink.

The United States is not a nation of black and white people. Any fool can see that white people are not really white, and that black people are not black.

I feel that sometimes, holding yourself as black, saying that is your sole identity, can sometimes stand in your way of being a member of the humanity of man, being a member of the family of the divine.

Today's multiracial Americans are at greater liberty to choose how they'd like to be seen, and under less pressure to pass for white.

Mostly I'm proud to be an African-American woman, but I'm glad I have a universal look as well.

I never had that thing about being black. If the whole world was like that, maybe there would be more harmony and love.

I used to joke for years that I was a black man. I adopted the black culture, the black race. I married a black woman, and I had black kids. I always considered myself a 'brother.'

My black brothers and sisters - of all religious beliefs, or of no religious beliefs - we all have in common the greatest binding tie we could have. We are all black people!

When it comes to racial issues, I'm very passionate about young girls just loving who they are in their own skin. Because I remember going to an all-white school and being the only black girl in an all-white school, think - looking around me, thinking there's no one else here that looks like me.

As far as diversity's concerned, there's me, there's Al Madrigal, there's Aasif Mandvi. But I'm not walking around feeling black all the time. That would stress me out.

I've never excluded myself because of color. It's never been part of the radar, when I look at anything I do. The majority of the roles that I've played have had very little to do with being black. It doesn't matter what color you are.

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.

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