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Quote of the Day Fresh quotes Topics Authors I'm Feeling Lucky Disable ads! 38 quotes by Issa Rae Issa Rae is an American actress and writer. She is the creator of the YouTube workplace-comedy series Awkward Black Girl as well as Ratchet Piece Theater, The "F" Word, and The Choir. Since the premiere of Awkward Black Girl in 2011, Rae’s shows have garnered over 20 million views and over 180,000 subscribers on YouTube. Read full biography of Issa Rae → 1 2 3 Ctrl → It's one thing when other African-Americans try to threaten my race card, but when people outside of my ethnicity have the audacity to question... → 0 I thrive on obstacles. If I'm told that it can't be told, then I push harder. 0 Growing up as a young black girl in Potomac, Maryland was easy. I had a Rainbow Coalition of friends of all ethnicities, and we would carelessly skip... → 0 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... → 0 The black characters on TV are the sidekicks, or they're insignificant. You could put all the black sidekicks on one show, and it would be the... → 0 You know, you have a lot of people - I've met a lot of people in the past, I've gone to private schools, you know, encountered different... → 0 I hate to say it but I hate black humor. I feel like a Klan member saying it, but it's just not funny. 0 I'll stick to finding the funny in the ordinary because my life is pretty ordinary and so are the lives of my friends - and my friends are... → 0 The very definition of 'blackness' is as broad as that of 'whiteness,' yet we're seemingly always trying to find a specific... → 0 As a teenager, my blackness was also questioned by some of the life choices I made that weren't considered to be 'black' choices. For... → 0 I don't think the mainstream media understands people of color are multidimensional. For some reason, there's an idea that only white people... → 0 I used to love being the class clown. I loved to make jokes and make people laugh. There was a set of students who would find it funny. But the cool... → 0 It was jarring to be berated for 'acting white' when I was placed in a predominantly black middle school in Southern California. I was also... → 0 1 2 3 Ctrl → Add a quote!


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