“Growing up I definitely, definitely had a bunch of things of, 'Um, am ...” — Zazie Beetz Quote

“Growing up I definitely, definitely had a bunch of things of, 'Um, am I black enough?' - and I guess specifically, 'Am I German enough?' Why are we measuring blackness?”

“When the Berlin Wall came down, my dad left to visit the U.S. He met my mom at this summer camp where they were both working, so I grew up between Washington Heights and Germany speaking two languages.”

“I've had acting teachers say, 'If you want to do anything else but act, that means you're not an actor,' which I think is stupid!”

“In our music, in our everyday life, there are so many negative things. Why not have something positive and stamp it with blackness?”

“Blackness, any sort of difference, is not a burden. Relegating blackness or other sorts of difference to serious books that explicitly engage with issues creates a context in which it can seem like one.”

“The very definition of 'blackness' is as broad as that of 'whiteness,' yet we're seemingly always trying to find a specific, limited definition.”