Call me Quote by Bell Hooks

My writing is definitely influenced by and speaks to African-Americans because that is who I am. I'm black. I'm a black woman. I'm a…

— Michelle Singletary

And as a young black man, a lot of my professors would really think that it was useful to see the work of politically…

— Kehinde Wiley

My work is incredibly important to me personally. It brings me joy and it brings me life and it brings me meaning. It doesn't…

— Elizabeth Gilbert

There is a political and racial context behind everything that I do. Not always because I design it that way, or because I want…

— Kehinde Wiley

As a white person living your life, everything is built for and normalised for you - you have a free pass to live your…

— Amelia Dimoldenberg

I think being biracial is a different experience. I think that, and coming from the U.K., I feel as much white as I do…

— Gugu Mbatha-Raw

I think that if I was a white male people would get me more. I do. I think that. I think a lot of…

— Princess Nokia

My consciousness is a process, and that includes my relationship with my husband. His being white doesn't make me any less black or invested…

— Franchesca Ramsey

It infuriates me that the work of white American writers can be universal and lay claim to classic texts, while black and female authors…

— Jesmyn Ward

I'm not saying I have to write a book that's ten times better than my counterparts, but I do think that I have to…

— Jesmyn Ward

As an African-American, as a woman, I think that I've been sensitized to the way in which history privileges the white male and the…

— Rita Dove

It really fascinates me what white people are allowed to write about.

— bell hooks