Quotes on Skin

Dark skin is considered less than light skin in the in the minds of many in our community and in the media.

It is not our sexual preferences, the color of our skin, the language we speak, nor the religion we practice that creates friction, hatred and wars amongst in society. It is our words and the words of our leaders that can create that disparity.

I am not my skin. I am a model with a skin condition.

I didn't have a problem with myself or my skin. I had a problem with the way people treated me because of my skin. They tried to define me.

I don't think I have thick skin, but I heal fast. It's easy to break through, but I heal fast.

You cannot look at a person and judge him or her by the color of their skin.

Cinema is a little over 100 years old, and a lot of what we do is built around film emulsion. Those things were calibrated for white skin. We've always placed powder on skin to dull the light. But my memory of growing up in Miami is this moist, beautiful black skin.

Black isn't something I became after a car crash that I've been dealing with ever since. I'd like the colour of my skin to not be a factor in my life at all.

There should be no discrimination against languages people speak, skin color, or religion.

I want people to see my color and my culture written all over me, because I am proud of the skin I'm in. It is an important part of my identity. What I don't want them to do is mistreat me because of it.

An African woman carries heavy loads anyway. That's how we are trained; we are brought up that nothing is unbearable. I use that now, positively. I use that now to have the thick skin that I have, and not fear, and move forward, and push; and push forward.