Ethnicity quotes

“- Helen Palmer: Don't even bring up that fool to me. Left me for some white woman.
- Brian Palmer: She's Hawaiian.
- Helen Palmer: If she ain't black, she white.”
Aloma Wright - Helen Palmer
Bill Bellamy - Brian Palmer

“If he looks white it's 'cause his daddy's white. I don't know how he look, I can't see him like you can, and don't need to. I don't have the blessing of being able to separate people by lookin' at 'em any more.”
Irma P. Hall - Aunt T.

“There's something about this that's so black, it's like how much more black could this be? And the answer is none. None more black.”

Christopher Guest - Nigel Tufnel

“- Chris Washington: Do they know I'm - Do they know I'm black?
- Rose Armitage: No. Should they?
- Chris Washington: It seems like something you might want to, you know, mention.
- Rose Armitage: Mom and Dad, my black boyfriend will be coming up this weekend and I just don't want you to be shocked that he's a black man - a black.
- Chris...” (continue)(continue reading)
Daniel Kaluuya - Chris Washington
Allison Williams - Rose Armitage

“All I know is sometimes, if there's too many white folks, I get nervous, you know.”
Daniel Kaluuya - Chris Washington

“One in every three black males is in some phase of the correctional system. Is that a coincidence or do these people have, you know, like a racial commitment to crime?”
Edward Norton - Derek Vinyard

“I'm sorry to hear of the death of your father. He was, as they say, an honest Injun.”
Martin Garralaga - Pancho

“Was it possible that at every gathering, concert, peace rally, love-in, be-in, freak-in, here up north, back east, where ever, some dark crews had been busy all along reclaiming the music, the resistance to power, the sexual desire from epic to everyday? All they could sweep up for the ancient forces of greed and fear? Gee he thought... I don't...” (continue)(continue reading)
Joanna Newsom - Sortilège

“- Roy Cohn: I want a white nurse. My constitutional right.
- Belize: You're in a hospital, you don't have any constitutional rights.”
Al Pacino - Roy Cohn
Jeffrey Wright - Belize

- Simon Green: Why can't black people listen to country music?
- Keisha Jones: Why?
- Simon Green: Because every time they say "hoe-down" they think their sister got shot!
Ashton Kutcher - Simon Green
Kellee Stewart - Keisha Jones

When I was a kid, I was tormented with Polish jokes. Oh, you know, "Who was Poland's Man of the Year?" - Nobody. "How do you sing the Polish National Anthem?" - You don't sing it, you fart it. "How do you tell a Polack's identification?" - By the shit in his wallet.
Dom DeLuise - Marlon Borunki

- Undercover Brother: Hi.
- Conspiracy Brother: "Hi"? What you mean "hi"? Like "high yellow wanna be white"? "High" like the white man wants to keep us? Wait, you don't smell any weed on me, do you?
- Undercover Brother: Brother, when you get a minute, could I get a list of the words that trigger these fits?
Eddie Griffin - Undercover Brother
Dave Chappelle - Conspiracy Brother

“- Montagnais: They have hairy faces like dogs. Who are they?
- Chomina: They are French.”

Marco Bacon - Montagnais
August Schellenberg - Chomina

“- Xavier: Why are you even going to the march?
- Wendell: Niggas and cars, cars and niggas. Niggas need cars like cars need niggas. I gotta make me some money.”
Hill Harper - Xavier
Wendell Pierce - Wendell

“- Black: So you're Cuban now?
- Kevin: Only in the kitchen, Papi.”
Trevante Rhodes - Black
André Holland - Kevin

“We're men. Soldiers. And I don't intend for our race to be cheated of its place of honor and respect in this war because of fools like C.J.”
Adolph Caesar - Sergeant Waters

“- Thomas Dunwitty: Sorry I'm late. I had trouble catching a cab.
- Pierre Delacroix: Perhaps they thought you were Danny Glover.”
Michael Rapaport - Thomas Dunwitty
Damon Wayans - Pierre Delacroix

“If Jesus was black, the apostles were black, 'cause wouldn't no 12 white men follow no brother. Not unless they was the police and Jesus had a warrant.”
D.L. Hughley - D.L. Hughley

“There better not be a black person in here that says they don't know nobody in jail... cuz that's bullshit. RayRay, Earl, Craig, Shorty Tim, Lil' Reg, all them motherfuckers in jail... Shonda's little brother... all of 'em, in jail... chillin'.”
Martin Lawrence - Martin Lawrence

“- Jim Bono: Your daddy got a promotion on the rubbish. He gonna be the first colored driver. Ain't got to do nothin' but sit up there and read the paper, like them white fellas.
- Lyons: Hey, Pop, if you knew how to read, you'd be all right.
- Jim Bono: Nah, nah. You mean if the nigger knew how to drive, he'd be all right. Been fighting with...” (continue)(continue reading)
Stephen McKinley Henderson - Jim Bono
Russell Hornsby - Lyons

“The conspiracies we've believed for all these years are true? The NBA really did institute the three point shot to give white boys a chance?”
Eddie Griffin - Undercover Brother

“- Captain Dickson: Waiter, can a black man get some water?
- Schmidt: Someone get the fucking man some water. He's black, he's been through a lot!”
Ice Cube - Captain Dickson
Jonah Hill - Schmidt

“- Lois Lane: Any more at home like you?
- Clark Kent: Uh, not really, no.”
Margot Kidder - Lois Lane
Christopher Reeve - Clark Kent

“- Curtis: Hey man, want a toke?
- Derek Vinyard: Curtis, what are you doing? Weed is for niggers. You put that away right now. Have a little self respect.”
Jordan Marder - Curtis
Edward Norton - Derek Vinyard

“- Vivian Emery: What about children? That's what marriage is about, children, and what will they be? They won't be white, and they won't be oriental. They'll be some kind of half-breed and will not be accpted by either side.
- Bruce Lee: They'll be American. Linda's American, I'm an American.
- Vivian Emery: No. you're an American citizen Mr. Lee.”
Michael Learned - Vivian Emery
Jason Scott Lee - Bruce Lee