--- title: "11 Black Quotes By Colson Whitehead" description: "11 Black quotes by Colson Whitehead. Plus more from Colson Whitehead and more Black sayings from other authors." image: "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/418/colson-whitehead-1042_age_driving-while-black-was-taught-to-me-at_2610609.png" --- > ['Driving while black' was taught to me at a young age.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/colson-whitehead/driving-while-black-was-taught-to-me-at-a-young-age/) [Colson Whitehead](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/colson-whitehead/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/418/colson-whitehead-1042_age_driving-while-black-was-taught-to-me-at_2610609.png) > [Schools don't teach American history that well, especially a lot of black American history.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/colson-whitehead/schools-don-t-teach-american-history-that-well-especially-a-lot-of/) [Colson Whitehead](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/colson-whitehead/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/8c1/colson-whitehead-1042_american_schools-don-t-teach-american-history-tha_161496.png) > [I'm not a representative of blackness, and I'm not a healer.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/colson-whitehead/i-m-not-a-representative-of-blackness-and-i-m-not-a-healer/) [Colson Whitehead](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/colson-whitehead/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/d8e/colson-whitehead-1042_black_i-m-not-a-representative-of-blackness-an_706992.png) > [“The Great War had always been between the white and the black. It always would be.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/colson-whitehead/the-great-war-had-always-been-between-the-white-and-the-black-it-2/) [Colson Whitehead](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/colson-whitehead/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/e2b/colson-whitehead-1042_black_the-great-war-had-always-been-between-th_211768.png) > [Growing up as a product of the black civil-rights movement, I had a lot of different models for black weirdness, whether it's…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/colson-whitehead/growing-up-as-a-product-of-the-black-civil-rights-movement-i-had-a/) [Colson Whitehead](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/colson-whitehead/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/7e8/colson-whitehead-1042_black_growing-up-as-a-product-of-the-black-civ_142397.png) > [Anytime an African-American writes an unconventional novel, the writer gets compared to Ellison. But that's O.K. I am working in the African-American…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/colson-whitehead/anytime-an-african-american-writes-an-unconventional-novel-the-writer/) [Colson Whitehead](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/colson-whitehead/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/ae2/colson-whitehead-1042_african-american_anytime-an-african-american-writes-an-un_1352794.png) > [I was allowed to write about race using an elevator metaphor because of Toni Morrison and David Bradley and Ralph Ellison. Hopefully,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/colson-whitehead/i-was-allowed-to-write-about-race-using-an-elevator-metaphor-because/) [Colson Whitehead](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/colson-whitehead/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/1de/colson-whitehead-1042_african-american_i-was-allowed-to-write-about-race-using_470620.jpg) > [I wrote a book of essays about New York called 'The Colossus of New York,' but it's not about - you know,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/colson-whitehead/i-wrote-a-book-of-essays-about-new-york-called-the-colossus-of-new/) [Colson Whitehead](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/colson-whitehead/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/7cf/colson-whitehead-1042_black_i-wrote-a-book-of-essays-about-new-york_1049389.png) > [These days I find myself wanting to avoid being pigeon-holed, ghettoized, held in a different category than other authors. And when people…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/colson-whitehead/these-days-i-find-myself-wanting-to-avoid-being-pigeon-holed/) [Colson Whitehead](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/colson-whitehead/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/edb/colson-whitehead-1042_ask-me_these-days-i-find-myself-wanting-to-avoi_124098.jpg) > [What does the perfect elevator look like, the one that will deliver us from the cities we suffer now, these stunted shacks?…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/colson-whitehead/what-does-the-perfect-elevator-look-like-the-one-that-will-deliver-us/) [Colson Whitehead](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/colson-whitehead/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/9df/colson-whitehead-1042_angel_what-does-the-perfect-elevator-look-like_2795764.png) > [When I was a kid, I'd go to the African-American section in the bookstore, and I'd try and find African-American people I…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/colson-whitehead/when-i-was-a-kid-i-d-go-to-the-african-american-section-in-the/) [Colson Whitehead](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/colson-whitehead/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/682/colson-whitehead-1042_african-american_when-i-was-a-kid-i-d-go-to-the-african-a_1151079.png) ## Other authors on Black ## More by Colson Whitehead > [I'd never been much of an athlete, due to a physical condition I'd had since birth (unathleticism). Perhaps if there were a sport centered…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/colson-whitehead/i-d-never-been-much-of-an-athlete-due-to-a-physical-condition-i-d-had/) [Colson Whitehead](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/colson-whitehead/) > [I want to keep growing as a writer. I find myself doing unexpected projects and sort of challenging my idea of where I am…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/colson-whitehead/i-want-to-keep-growing-as-a-writer-i-find-myself-doing-unexpected/) [Colson Whitehead](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/colson-whitehead/) > [“Every Tuesday, James Fulton (and later, Orville Lever) stood in the downstairs drawing room and lectured on the intricacies of his science. Lectured on…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/colson-whitehead/every-tuesday-james-fulton-and-later-orville-lever-stood-in-the/) [Colson Whitehead](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/colson-whitehead/) > [I started writing in the '90s, so I was free to just have an eccentric career and not conform to some idea of what…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/colson-whitehead/i-started-writing-in-the-90s-so-i-was-free-to-just-have-an-eccentric/) [Colson Whitehead](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/colson-whitehead/) > [“Is this the truth of our historic encounter?”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/colson-whitehead/is-this-the-truth-of-our-historic-encounter/) [Colson Whitehead](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/colson-whitehead/) > [“The Great War had always been between the white and the black. It always would be. Cora”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/colson-whitehead/the-great-war-had-always-been-between-the-white-and-the-black-it/) [Colson Whitehead](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/colson-whitehead/) > [“The worst sort of scoundrels took up the chase. Drunkards, incorrigibles, poor whites who didn’t even own shoes delighted in this opportunity to scourge…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/colson-whitehead/the-worst-sort-of-scoundrels-took-up-the-chase-drunkards/) [Colson Whitehead](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/colson-whitehead/) > [Don’t go searching for a subject, let your subject find you. You can’t rush inspiration. … Once your subject finds you, it’s like falling…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/colson-whitehead/don-t-go-searching-for-a-subject-let-your-subject-find-you-you-can-t/) [Colson Whitehead](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/colson-whitehead/) > [“its terms? Homer watched her as she dressed, like a valet who had waited on her since the cradle. “I’m caught,” Cora said. “You…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/colson-whitehead/its-terms-homer-watched-her-as-she-dressed-like-a-valet-who-had/) [Colson Whitehead](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/colson-whitehead/) > [These days I find myself wanting to avoid being pigeon-holed, ghettoized, held in a different category than other authors. And when people ask me…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/colson-whitehead/these-days-i-find-myself-wanting-to-avoid-being-pigeon-holed/) [Colson Whitehead](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/colson-whitehead/) > [Part of any book is establishing the rules at the end of the world. My first book, 'The Intuitionist,' takes place in an alternative…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/colson-whitehead/part-of-any-book-is-establishing-the-rules-at-the-end-of-the-world-my/) [Colson Whitehead](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/colson-whitehead/) > [There's always an attack on the sophomore novel from some quarters.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/colson-whitehead/there-s-always-an-attack-on-the-sophomore-novel-from-some-quarters/) [Colson Whitehead](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/colson-whitehead/) > [“All he felt now was envy. These people had expectations. Of the world, of the future, it didn't matter--expectation was such an innovative concept…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/colson-whitehead/all-he-felt-now-was-envy-these-people-had-expectations-of-the-world/) [Colson Whitehead](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/colson-whitehead/) > [Growing up as a product of the black civil-rights movement, I had a lot of different models for black weirdness, whether it's Richard Pryor…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/colson-whitehead/growing-up-as-a-product-of-the-black-civil-rights-movement-i-had-a/) [Colson Whitehead](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/colson-whitehead/) > [Schools don't teach American history that well, especially a lot of black American history.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/colson-whitehead/schools-don-t-teach-american-history-that-well-especially-a-lot-of/) [Colson Whitehead](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/colson-whitehead/) ```json { "@context": "https://schema.org", "@graph": [ { "@type": "ItemList", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/black/colson-whitehead/#itemlist", "name": "11 Black Quotes By Colson Whitehead", "numberOfItems": 11, "itemListElement": [ { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 1, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "'Driving while black' was taught to me at a young age.", "creator": { "@type": "Person", "name": "Colson Whitehead" }, "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/colson-whitehead/driving-while-black-was-taught-to-me-at-a-young-age/", "image": { "@type": "ImageObject", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/418/colson-whitehead-1042_age_driving-while-black-was-taught-to-me-at_2610609.png", "contentUrl": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/418/colson-whitehead-1042_age_driving-while-black-was-taught-to-me-at_2610609.png", "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/418/colson-whitehead-1042_age_driving-while-black-was-taught-to-me-at_2610609.png", "width": 1080, "height": 1080, "caption": "“'Driving while black' was taught to me at a young age.” — Colson Whitehead", "creditText": "SMS4Smile Quotes", "creator": { "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#organization" } } } }, { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 2, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "Schools don't teach American history that well, especially a lot of black American history.", "creator": { "@type": "Person", "name": "Colson Whitehead" }, "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/colson-whitehead/schools-don-t-teach-american-history-that-well-especially-a-lot-of/", "image": { "@type": "ImageObject", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/8c1/colson-whitehead-1042_american_schools-don-t-teach-american-history-tha_161496.png", "contentUrl": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/8c1/colson-whitehead-1042_american_schools-don-t-teach-american-history-tha_161496.png", "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/8c1/colson-whitehead-1042_american_schools-don-t-teach-american-history-tha_161496.png", "width": 1080, "height": 1080, "caption": "“Schools don't teach American history that well, especially a lot of black American history.” — Colson Whitehead", "creditText": "SMS4Smile Quotes", "creator": { "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#organization" } } } }, { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 3, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "I'm not a representative of blackness, and I'm not a healer.", "creator": { "@type": "Person", "name": "Colson Whitehead" }, "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/colson-whitehead/i-m-not-a-representative-of-blackness-and-i-m-not-a-healer/", "image": { "@type": "ImageObject", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/d8e/colson-whitehead-1042_black_i-m-not-a-representative-of-blackness-an_706992.png", "contentUrl": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/d8e/colson-whitehead-1042_black_i-m-not-a-representative-of-blackness-an_706992.png", "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/d8e/colson-whitehead-1042_black_i-m-not-a-representative-of-blackness-an_706992.png", "width": 1080, "height": 1080, "caption": "“I'm not a representative of blackness, and I'm not a healer.” — Colson Whitehead", "creditText": "SMS4Smile Quotes", "creator": { "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#organization" } } } }, { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 4, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "“The Great War had always been between the white and the black. 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We don't know because we can't see inside it, it's something we cannot imagine, like the shape of angels' teeth. 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So in that sense the category was useful to me. But it's not useful to me as I write. I don't sit down to write an African-American zombie story or an African-American story about elevators. I'm writing a story about elevators which happens to talk about race in different ways. Or I'm writing a zombie novel which doesn't have that much to do with being black in America. 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