Better Quote by Janelle James

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

I don't think there is any such thing as a black writer or a white writer. Ultimately, there is someone whom one reads.

— Derek Walcott

You've got to give people an opportunity. But I also think that a lot of black writers don't know how to submit themselves.

— Deon Cole

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

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

— Alice Mattison

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

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

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

— bell hooks

I'm one of the few Black writers, or African American writers, who managed to work my way through the system so that it has…

— James McBride

The way black people feel, especially, is if you're going to tell a black story, let it come from a real place.

— Algee Smith

I think that black fiction authors have to work very hard to avoid being typed as seeking only a black audience.

— Anonymous

There are places and spaces for black writers to write about race as a central thing. It's important. We're still dealing with the remnants…

— Kwame Alexander