--- title: "6 Folks Quotes By Tim Wise" description: "6 Folks quotes by Tim Wise. Plus more from Tim Wise and more Folks sayings from other authors." image: "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/b5f/tim-wise-14074_ability_the-system-of-white-supremacy-is-intende_1390405.jpg" --- > [The system of white supremacy is intended to make folks of color doubt themselves, their intelligence, their abilities, their very sanity. And…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/tim-wise/the-system-of-white-supremacy-is-intended-to-make-folks-of-color/) [Tim Wise](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/tim-wise/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/b5f/tim-wise-14074_ability_the-system-of-white-supremacy-is-intende_1390405.jpg) > [Old white people have pretty much always been the bad guys, the keepers of the hegemonic and reactionary flame, the folks unwilling…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/tim-wise/old-white-people-have-pretty-much-always-been-the-bad-guys-the/) [Tim Wise](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/tim-wise/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/60c/tim-wise-14074_always_old-white-people-have-pretty-much-always_1409701.jpg) > [After all, acknowledging unfairness then calls decent people forth to correct those injustices. And since most persons are at their core, decent…](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/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/c53/tim-wise-14074_change_after-all-acknowledging-unfairness-then_1437469.jpg) > [There won’t be any more white folks around who think the 1950s were the good old days, because there won’t be any…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/tim-wise/there-won-t-be-any-more-white-folks-around-who-think-the-1950s-were/) [Tim Wise](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/tim-wise/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/5ff/tim-wise-14074_folks_there-won-t-be-any-more-white-folks-arou_1749756.jpg) > [Sadly, whites are rarely open to what black and brown folks have to say regarding their ongoing experiences with racist mistreatment. And…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/tim-wise/sadly-whites-are-rarely-open-to-what-black-and-brown-folks-have-to/) [Tim Wise](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/tim-wise/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/8e6/tim-wise-14074_better_sadly-whites-are-rarely-open-to-what-bla_2240216.jpg) > [I think for folks of color the key to combatting racism period is a) trusting their instincts and b) solidarity with one…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/tim-wise/i-think-for-folks-of-color-the-key-to-combatting-racism-period-is-a/) [Tim Wise](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/tim-wise/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/cb6/tim-wise-14074_color_i-think-for-folks-of-color-the-key-to-co_2957781.jpg) ## Other authors on Folks ## 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/) [Tim Wise](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/tim-wise/) > [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/) [Tim Wise](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/tim-wise/) ```json { "@context": "https://schema.org", "@graph": [ { "@type": "ItemList", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/folks/tim-wise/#itemlist", "name": "6 Folks Quotes By Tim Wise", "numberOfItems": 6, "itemListElement": [ { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 1, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "The system of white supremacy is intended to make folks of color doubt themselves, their intelligence, their abilities, their very sanity. 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