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> [Who knows what Yale thought it was getting when it hired Richard Rodriguez? The people who offered me the job thought there…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/richard-rodriguez/who-knows-what-yale-thought-it-was-getting-when-it-hired-richard/)

[Richard Rodriguez](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/richard-rodriguez/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/bdd/richard-rodriguez-6515_action_who-knows-what-yale-thought-it-was-getti_127687.jpg)

> [“Although it is common to think of Jim Crow as an explicitly race-based system, in fact a number of the key policies…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/michelle-alexander/although-it-is-common-to-think-of-jim-crow-as-an-explicitly-race/)

[Michelle Alexander](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/michelle-alexander/)

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> [“If non-white groups continue to advance race-based interests, is it wise for whites to continue to act as if they have none?”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jared-taylor/if-non-white-groups-continue-to-advance-race-based-interests-is-it/)

[Jared Taylor](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jared-taylor/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/b47/jared-taylor-14340_racism_if-non-white-groups-continue-to-advance_746625.jpg)

> [I think it is difficult to achieve a meaningful political coalition if you have race-based programs that divide members of the coalition.…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/william-julius-wilson/i-think-it-is-difficult-to-achieve-a-meaningful-political-coalition/)

[William Julius Wilson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/william-julius-wilson/)

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> [White supremacy is not just a social arrangement: it is a race-based faith.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/james-a-forbes/white-supremacy-is-not-just-a-social-arrangement-it-is-a-race-based/)

[James A. Forbes](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/james-a-forbes/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/54e/james-a-forbes-32130_arrangement_white-supremacy-is-not-just-a-social-arr_2497879.jpg)

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