About Quote by bell hooks

I don't think a white person can write accurately and convincingly about what black people experience of oppression.

— Alice Mattison

I'm not against White writers writing about Blacks as long as they are as objective as say James McPherson writing about an Irish American…

— Ishmael Reed

There's some places where it will be a white person telling you that they can write for Black people better than you can. That's…

— Janelle James

I never hear white writers get asked, 'Do you worry about how you represent white people?'

— Junot Diaz

If you write nonfiction, a historical account of what really happened, first of all, it's always white men who do that, and you don't…

— Isabel Allende

Writing about dead white males seems to be out of favor among academics.

— Ron Chernow

I heard a white writer say, 'Oh, I'd never put black people in my writing, I'm afraid I would offend someone by doing it…

— Alice Mattison

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

It was always a false assumption that white American writers cannot write novels about race unless they're approaching it from a very oblique angle.

— Jess Row

'Dear White People' started a conversation about race. It's such a difficult thing to talk about, especially in America because of our history. I…

— Tessa Thompson

I am not going to say that only people of color can write people of color, because that means only white people can write…

— Courtney A. Kemp

It's also important for those who promote those issues within the white community - the somewhat privileged community - to talk about issues affecting…

— Danny Glover