Langston Hughes Quotes

I love being black.

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

Learn to love being black.

To my mind, it is the duty of the younger Negro artist, if he accepts any duties at all from outsiders, to change through the force of his art that old whispering 'I want to be white,' hidden in the aspirations of his people, to 'Why should I want to be white? I am a Negro - and beautiful!'

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

Black is beautiful.

As far as I'm concerned, and this is a big theme of mine, I'm not interested in white people loving me. It's an unrealistic expectation. Black people don't love anybody but themselves.

Barack Obama makes me feel good to be a black man.

I'm so proud to be a black woman; I wouldn't trade it for anything in the world.

I embrace my darker skin - always have, always will. In addition, I believe black women have always been trailblazers and trendsetters. Acknowledgement or not, we are and always have been beautiful.

'Black Ice Cream' is a salute to the ladies with Black Girl Magic who exude a powerful sexual confidence.

Why should I want to be white? I am a Negro - and beautiful!

I am for Obama, all the way. I don't support Obama just because he is a black man; I support him because he is an educated black man. He is making black people proud.

One of my core values is to help redefine what it means to be a strong and beautiful woman in the music and fashion worlds and to empower the wonderful things that make us unique.

It used to bother me - having bigger, fuller brows. I even plucked them once so I'd fit in, but I hated them and couldn't wait for them to grow back. Now I embrace them. I realized the quirky things that make you different are what make you beautiful.

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

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 find, in being black, a thing of beauty: a joy; a strength; a secret cup of gladness.

I have beauty, intelligence, individuality, sensuality and sexuality.

My beauty icons are women whose images are self-created.

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.

The Nation of Islam's main focus was teaching black pride and self-awareness. Why should we keep trying to force ourselves into white restaurants and schools when white people didn't want us? Why not clean up our own neighborhoods and schools instead of trying to move out of them and into white people's neighborhoods?

Black power means Black dignity

I'm black, and it's a very important part of what I am. I'm not embarrassed about it.

I really love being a redhead. Even though it's not my natural colour, it makes me feel more like myself.