John Ridley

writer, director and novelist

Commentator and writer for Esquire, Time and the Huffington Post, and founding editor of ThatMinorityThing.com, a nonpartisan website that provides news and opinions in support of a wide range of voices, including ethnic, racial, religious, disabled, gender, and sexual minorities; screenwriter whose credits include The Three Kings and Undercover Brother, which features a satirical portrayal of a black president; author, most recently, of What Fire Cannot Burn and the graphic novel, The American Way