--- title: "9 People Privilege Quotes by 9 authors" description: "Browse 9 People Privilege quotes by 9 authors. Discover the best People Privilege sayings and thoughts." image: "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/6e9/n-k-jemisin-2-15368_believe_i-think-the-people-who-believe-that-work_976806.jpg" --- > [I think the people who believe that works can and always should be divorced from the context are people who have the…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/n-k-jemisin-2/i-think-the-people-who-believe-that-works-can-and-always-should-be/) [N. K. Jemisin](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/n-k-jemisin-2/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/6e9/n-k-jemisin-2-15368_believe_i-think-the-people-who-believe-that-work_976806.jpg) > [It is a privilege to serve people, a privilege that must be earned, and once earned, there is an obligation to do…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/barbara-jordan/it-is-a-privilege-to-serve-people-a-privilege-that-must-be-earned-and/) [Barbara Jordan](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/barbara-jordan/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/e9b/barbara-jordan-7656_obligation_it-is-a-privilege-to-serve-people-a-priv_1158715.jpg) > [People of privilege will always risk their complete destruction rather than surrender any material part of their advantage.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/john-kenneth-galbraith/people-of-privilege-will-always-risk-their-complete-destruction/) [John Kenneth Galbraith](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/john-kenneth-galbraith/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/ef7/john-kenneth-galbraith-643_advantage_people-of-privilege-will-always-risk-the_498132.png) > [Don't complain about growing old — many, many people do not have that privilege.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/earl-warren/don-t-complain-about-growing-old-many-many-people-do-not-have-that/) [Earl Warren](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/earl-warren/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/64b/earl-warren-10599_age_don-t-complain-about-growing-old-many-ma_2940527.png) > [“Being privileged doesn't mean that you are always wrong and people without privilege are always right. It means that there is a…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ijeoma-oluo/being-privileged-doesn-t-mean-that-you-are-always-wrong-and-people/) [Ijeoma Oluo](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ijeoma-oluo/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/063/ijeoma-oluo-46223_perspective_being-privileged-doesn-t-mean-that-you-a_2431131.jpg) > [All power within the microcosm of my world was held and wielded by people who look like me. Plus, I think Nigerians…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/chris-abani/all-power-within-the-microcosm-of-my-world-was-held-and-wielded-by/) [Chris Abani](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/chris-abani/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/5a1/chris-abani-7393_ability_all-power-within-the-microcosm-of-my-wor_3007661.jpg) > [I will miss the contact with the people - the privilege of trying to communicate to people every day that the court…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/steven-pacey/i-will-miss-the-contact-with-the-people-the-privilege-of-trying-to/) [Steven Pacey](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/steven-pacey/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/d28/steven-pacey-37656_communicate_i-will-miss-the-contact-with-the-people_1392983.jpg) > [They, the conservatives, are the real outsides, they tell us, gazing with disgust upon the ludicrous manners of the high and mighty.…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/thomas-frank/they-the-conservatives-are-the-real-outsides-they-tell-us-gazing-with/) [Thomas Frank](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/thomas-frank/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/e74/thomas-frank-4078_boost_they-the-conservatives-are-the-real-outs_2582137.jpg) > [“Too many people have become self-appointed privilege police, patrolling the halls of discourse, ready to remind people of their privilege whether those…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/roxane-gay/too-many-people-have-become-self-appointed-privilege-police/) [Roxane Gay](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/roxane-gay/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/714/roxane-gay-520_personal-experience_too-many-people-have-become-self-appoint_1705380.jpg) ```json { "@context": "https://schema.org", "@graph": [ { "@type": "ItemList", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/people-privilege/#itemlist", "name": "People Privilege Quotes", "numberOfItems": 9, "itemListElement": [ { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 1, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "I think the people who believe that works can and always should be divorced from the context are people who have the privilege to do so.", "creator": { "@type": "Person", "name": "N. 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So in a sense, I can't claim that as any ability that I have, simply a matter of circumstance.", "creator": { "@type": "Person", "name": "Chris Abani" }, "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/chris-abani/all-power-within-the-microcosm-of-my-world-was-held-and-wielded-by/", "image": { "@type": "ImageObject", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/5a1/chris-abani-7393_ability_all-power-within-the-microcosm-of-my-wor_3007661.jpg", "contentUrl": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/5a1/chris-abani-7393_ability_all-power-within-the-microcosm-of-my-wor_3007661.jpg", "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/5a1/chris-abani-7393_ability_all-power-within-the-microcosm-of-my-wor_3007661.jpg", "width": 1080, "height": 1080, "caption": "“All power within the microcosm of my world was held and wielded by people who look like me. 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Or, they tell us, they are rough-and-ready proles, laughing along with us at the efforts of our social \"betters\" to reform and improve us. 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In online discourse, in particular, the specter of privilege is always looming darkly. When someone writes from experience, there is often someone else, at the ready, pointing a trembling finger, accusing that writer of having various kinds of privilege. How dare someone speak to a personal experience without accounting for every possible configuration of privilege or the lack thereof? 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