Hero Quote by Jenny Han

It takes such little imagination to include people of colour in the stories you tell and so much more work to exclude folks.

— Rege-Jean Page

We need heroes of color in all different genres. It's also valuable for white readers to be able to meet people in books that…

— Kekla Magoon

I feel that our stories are cross culturally irrelevant, and I'm a member if a larger community of people who have no boundaries in…

— Giancarlo Esposito

I would love more stories with strong characters of color who don't always fit the mold that Hollywood has created in the past.

— Winston Duke

The U.S. is a rainbow of people with an endless scope of stories. My hope is that writing stories about people of color will…

— Lela Loren

I think the world is ready for people of color to take on more heroic and leading roles, and not always be the sidekick,…

— Jessica Alba

“ A true writer should be able to write about any color. It's the story they tell that should affect people, not the race.”

— Dee Dee M Scott

I feel that, as a person of color, I've always been interested in the stories that are quiet and the stories that often get…

— Tracy K. Smith

I do think that I have a sensitivity to the depictions of maybe all minorities in literature. And I think that the experience of…

— Rumaan Alam

It's hard in America as a writer of color, an actor of color, not to get caught up in race and culture. But you're…

— John Cho

I always crave to see more stories about and by people of color, particularly new work by young black writers.

— Katori Hall

I think there's always going to be some kind of bigotry or some kind of racism. There has to be, because people can't feel…

— Dustin Hoffman