Center of the universe Quote by Marielle Heller

When 93 percent of our stories are told by white men, it's an issue. And if those white men go on and tell the…

— Lexi Alexander

Because when you have all white men in the writers' room trying to tell the perspective of cultural appropriation or what it's like to…

— Lexi Underwood

We usually center our narratives that come out of Hollywood from a white male center.

— Misha Green

If you write nonfiction, a historical account of what really happened, first of all, it's always white men who do that, and you don't…

— Isabel Allende

Why can't black women on stage tell stories that can affect white men in the audience?

— Danai Gurira

Because, if I'm honest, people in the white world might be appalled, but in the black world, they're making myths out of me. And…

— John Singleton

Because white men can’t police their imaginations, black men are dying.

— Claudia Rankine

So many white people don't want to talk about race; it's uncomfortable. Many reason that slavery happened more than a century ago, and people…

— Beth Macy

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

Writing about dead white males seems to be out of favor among academics.

— Ron Chernow

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

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

— bell hooks