Race is used, by all of us, in the most manipulative ways, is often force-fit and reduced to something it isn't, to something that gives us a sense of comfort, a false one. Many of us thought - needed to… — Jonathan Coleman Copy Share Image
I have an obligation as a writer to tell a story as interestingly as possible, but with integrity and not inserting false drama... I'm… — Jonathan Coleman Copy Share Image
Race is a subject about which there are points of agreement, and about which there is no agreement; a subject that is either spoken… — Jonathan Coleman Copy Share Image
There is a sense that women are more anchored than men in our society. — Jonathan Coleman Copy Share Image
In writing non-fiction about people who are living, you are always walking a fine line, carrying a burden to be fair that, in my… — Jonathan Coleman Copy Share Image
Though it's impossible for us to legislate one's thoughts and feelings, we still need things like affirmative action in place because without measures like… — Jonathan Coleman Copy Share Image
At the very least, we want everything to go on hold for a while because there is this feeling that we're heading down a… — Jonathan Coleman Copy Share Image
Every writer secretly hopes that what he or she has written will endure. — Jonathan Coleman Copy Share Image
Race is used, by all of us, in the most manipulative ways, is often force-fit and reduced to something it isn't, to something that… — Jonathan Coleman Copy Share Image
Don't sit and wish for some ideal; the grass is not always greener with the big house and cars and artwork. — Jonathan Coleman Copy Share Image
Blacks essentially play the race card, when necessary as a counter to white privilege. — Jonathan Coleman Copy Share Image
