“About this time I came across Edmund Burke’s quote “All that is necessary for evil to triumph is for good men to do nothing.” That’s me, I thought. I’ve been doing nothing. I hadn’t been doing nothing because I didn’t… — Debby Irving Copy Share Image
“Only a small part of reality, for a human being, is what is actually going on; the greater part is what he imagines in… — Debby Irving Copy Share
“Be it Europeans’ initial assumption of the right to invade in the 1600s, the Indian Removal Act in the 1800s, or the English-only acts… — Debby Irving Copy Share
“Shifting from a superior/inferior paradigm to a strength-in-difference paradigm was kind of a good news/bad news situation. On the downside, I had to admit… — Debby Irving Copy Share
“Any cycle that traps someone in a state of perpetual disadvantage is the real issue for the person experiencing it.” — Debby Irving Copy Share
“Eduardo Bonilla-Silva comments: “[The] melting pot never included people of color. Blacks, Chinese, Puerto Ricans, et cetera, could not melt into the pot. They… — Debby Irving Copy Share
“The story of race has become a self-fulfilling, self-perpetuating prophecy as the story creates the ideas, which then reinforce the story.” — Debby Irving Copy Share
“Choosing to engage in the effort to dismantle racism promises to bring with it discomfort, yet how can I compare my discomfort to what… — Debby Irving Copy Share
“Racism demands an artificial and divisive construction of humanity, in terms of how I make sense of others and also how I envision myself.” — Debby Irving Copy Share
“Understanding whiteness, regardless of class, is key to understanding racism.” — Debby Irving Copy Share
“I now understand that acting like a white American wasn’t just a “When in Rome do as the Romans do” cultural sensibility, but a… — Debby Irving Copy Share
“I’ve heard it said that conversations are the way human beings think together.” — Debby Irving Copy Share
“If there’s a place for tolerance in racial healing, perhaps it has to do with tolerating my own feelings of discomfort that arise when… — Debby Irving Copy Share
“My white skin, an epidermal gold card, has greased the skids for a life full of opportunities and rewards” — Debby Irving Copy Share
“Each cultural norm motivated me to fit in while judging others who didn’t.” — Debby Irving Copy Share
“dysfunctional rescuing,” helping people in ways that actually disempower them.” — Debby Irving Copy Share
