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> [After all, acknowledging unfairness then calls decent people forth to correct those injustices. And since most persons are at their core, decent folks, the need to ignore evidence of injustice is powerful: To do otherwise would force whites to either…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/tim-wise/after-all-acknowledging-unfairness-then-calls-decent-people-forth-to/)

[Tim Wise](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/tim-wise/)

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> [“...After all, acknowledging unfairness then calls decent people forth to correct those injustices. And since most persons are at their core, decent folks, the need to ignore evidence of injustice is powerful: To do otherwise would force whites to either…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/tim-wise/after-all-acknowledging-unfairness-then-calls-decent-people-forth-to-2/)

[Tim Wise](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/tim-wise/)

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## More by Tim Wise

> [Here's the reality. The image of a white Jesus has been used to justify enslavement, conquest, colonialism, the genocide of indigenous peoples. There are…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/tim-wise/here-s-the-reality-the-image-of-a-white-jesus-has-been-used-to/)

[Tim Wise](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/tim-wise/)

> [For people of color - especially African Americans - the idea that racist cops might frame members of their community is no abstract notion,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/tim-wise/for-people-of-color-especially-african-americans-the-idea-that-racist/)

[Tim Wise](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/tim-wise/)

> [Progress is always relative: to the oppressed, it can only be viewed as an all or nothing deal - if oppression continues, even in…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/tim-wise/progress-is-always-relative-to-the-oppressed-it-can-only-be-viewed-as/)

[Tim Wise](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/tim-wise/)

> [I don't think the job of the antiracist is to convert the far-out heathen racist, or give them their 'come to Jesus' moment, as…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/tim-wise/i-don-t-think-the-job-of-the-antiracist-is-to-convert-the-far-out/)

[Tim Wise](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/tim-wise/)

> [And in "Elbow Room" the cast sings the glories of westward expansion in the United States, which involved the murder of native peoples and…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/tim-wise/and-in-elbow-room-the-cast-sings-the-glories-of-westward-expansion-in/)

[Tim Wise](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/tim-wise/)

> [If we dont figure out a way to create equity, real equity, of opportunity and access, to good schools, housing, health care, and decent…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/tim-wise/if-we-dont-figure-out-a-way-to-create-equity-real-equity-of/)

[Tim Wise](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/tim-wise/)

> [So, in "Melting Pot" the children (about a third of whom were kids of color) sang the line, "America was the new world and…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/tim-wise/so-in-melting-pot-the-children-about-a-third-of-whom-were-kids-of/)

[Tim Wise](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/tim-wise/)

> [Hardly any aspect of my life, from where I had lived to my education to my employment history to my friendships, had been free…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/tim-wise/hardly-any-aspect-of-my-life-from-where-i-had-lived-to-my-education/)

[Tim Wise](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/tim-wise/)

> [People of color have to do this work as a mater of everyday survival. And so long as they have to, who am I…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/tim-wise/people-of-color-have-to-do-this-work-as-a-mater-of-everyday-survival/)

[Tim Wise](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/tim-wise/)

> [You can't organize people if you don't love them. And however hard it can be to love the racist you come in contact with;…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/tim-wise/you-can-t-organize-people-if-you-don-t-love-them-and-however-hard-it/)

[Tim Wise](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/tim-wise/)

> [The denial of racism is a form of racism itself.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/tim-wise/the-denial-of-racism-is-a-form-of-racism-itself/)

[Tim Wise](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/tim-wise/)

> [Being asked to describe what 'post-racial' means is a bit like being asked to describe a leprechaun, cold fusion or unicorns: we know what…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/tim-wise/being-asked-to-describe-what-post-racial-means-is-a-bit-like-being/)

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> [As a writer, there are times when you have something to say, and yet no particular 'hook' upon which to hang the missive you…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/tim-wise/as-a-writer-there-are-times-when-you-have-something-to-say-and-yet-no/)

[Tim Wise](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/tim-wise/)

> [“The power of resistance is to set an example: not necessarily to change the person with whom you disagree, but to empower the one…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/tim-wise/the-power-of-resistance-is-to-set-an-example-not-necessarily-to/)

[Tim Wise](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/tim-wise/)

> [When you allow racial disparity and institutional inequity to affect one part of the country, eventually it's coming back to get everyone.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/tim-wise/when-you-allow-racial-disparity-and-institutional-inequity-to-affect/)

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