Black Quote by Kerby Jean-Raymond

The work of black creatives seems to always get undermined in one way or another, and that's what this new generation is actively changing…

— Kerby Jean-Raymond

If I'm going to be the black designer, I'm going to tell it my way.

— Kerby Jean-Raymond

There's not one black narrative. There's not one way to be black.

— Yvonne Orji

Black storytelling can be about anything, absolutely anything, and within that it can be as enriching, as complex, beautiful, ugly as anything else. We…

— Paterson Joseph

Most writers stick to what they know. The black experience is our experience, so it's not that challenging for us. That's why sometimes you'll…

— Lena Waithe

There was nothing around me that would have given me heroes who happened to be Black. And I don't think anybody can understand how…

— Paterson Joseph

As a black man working in the business, it's a challenge sometimes to get some of these things and these stories told when they…

— Rick Famuyiwa

There is an appetite for things that are different and a story with Black characters that's going to appeal to a lot of people.

— Cord Jefferson

Is the 'black designer' label there to warn everyone not to have the same level of expectations for me, or is it some type…

— Kerby Jean-Raymond

It's the same old story. Nothing in this world happens unless white folks says it happens. And therein lies the problem of being a…

— James McBride

In fact, some reviewers have said that as they got into the story they forgot that the protagonist is a black woman. They were…

— Christopher Darden

I can't stop thinking about the devaluation of black life, and I find it seeping into everything I write.

— Jesmyn Ward