Family Quote by George C. Wolfe

As a person of color, I was just really tired of the fact that I wasn't seeing my story in the culture.

— Justin Simien

Not surprisingly, thinkers from groups for whom whiteness was and is a problem have taken the lead in studying whiteness in this way. Such…

— David Roediger

I was very conscious of race as I was writing. I was lucky to have spent real time in Portuguese Africa, but I am…

— Jon Weisman

I started to try to be a colorist, although secretly thinking of myself as somewhat of a black and whiteist.

— Susan Rothenberg

I got accused of misrepresenting all people of colour in Great Britain. I would get told off a lot. 'How can you do African…

— Lenny Henry

Try to discover who I am from my choice of words and colors, as attentive people like yourselves might examine footprints to catch a…

— Orhan Pamuk

Growing up in the suburbs of Chicago, the color of my skin and my rather peculiar background as an Ethiopian immigrant delineated the border…

— Dinaw Mengestu

“Why is it that white people find it easier to think like a mountain than like a person of colour?' Carl Anthony quoted by…

— Rebecca Solnit

“As people of color, we sometimes resent having to educate others about our experiences and needs. But if we do not speak for ourselves,…

— Karen A Longman

I never had an occasion to question color, therefore, I only saw myself as what I was... a human being.

— Sidney Poitier

I learned that when I go in a store and a person of color goes in the store, that they might watch them because…

— Mack Brown

We tend to take on the coloration of the setting in which we find ourselves.

— Harold S. Kushner