Guides Quote by Beverly Daniel Tatum

In my time since moving to the United States, I've found that there is a dearth of great writing for black people. There are…

— David Oyelowo

“White people must learn how to listen to the experiences of people of color for racial healing and justice to happen.”

— Debby Irving

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

— bell hooks

“Stories give color to black and white information.”

— Todd Stocker

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

So many of us are hungry for stories with more racial diversity, more truth in representation, and I am anxious to help tell those…

— Cameron Crowe

A story should be managed so that it should suggest interesting things to the reader instead of the author's doing all the thinking for…

— Sarah Orne Jewett

“This is because white people need to show off the books that they have read. Just as hunters will mount the heads of their…

— Christian Lander

White filmmakers get so many opportunities to create stories, and how better could you use your voice than to take people of color and…

— Taylor Russell

I'm really looking forward to developing just really fun, complex, interesting stories about people who happen to be black.

— Tracie Thoms

“The storyteller has always been a valuable member of society. Even in prehistoric times when men hunted wild beasts and lived in caves they…

— D.E. Stevenson

I'm interested in stories being told by marginalized voices and, specifically, people of color.

— Natasha Rothwell