“I am a colored woman or a Negro woman. Either one is OK. People dislike those words now. Today these use this term African American. It wouldn't occur to me to use that. I prefer to think of myself as an American, that's all!” PeopleThinkingUseTodayTermAfrican AmericanDislikeAfrican American Women Book:Having Our Say: The Delany Sisters' First 100 Years Source: Having Our Say: The Delany Sisters' First 100 Years
“It always seemed to me that white people were judged as individuals. But if a Negro did something stupid or wrong, it was held against all of us.” PeopleIfsIndividualWhiteStupidRacismJudged Book:Having Our Say: The Delany Sisters' First 100 Years Source: Having Our Say: The Delany Sisters' First 100 Years
“I think I'm just as good as anyone. That's the way I was brought up. I'll tell you a secret: I think I'm better! Ha! I remember being aware that colored people were supposed to feel inferior. I knew I was a smart little thing, a personality, an individual - a human being! I couldn't understand how people could look at me and not see that, because it sure was obvious to me.” PeopleThinkingWayFeelsHumansLooksLittlesRememberIndividualHuman BeingsSecretPersonalitySmartObviousLittle ThingsInferiorsLook At Me Author:Annie Elizabeth Delany
