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title: "2 Racism Good Quotes By Robin DiAngelo"
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> [For white people, their identities rest on the idea of racism as about good or bad people, about moral or immoral singular acts, and if we're good, moral people, we can't be racist - we don't engage in those acts.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/robin-diangelo/for-white-people-their-identities-rest-on-the-idea-of-racism-as-about/)

[Robin DiAngelo](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/robin-diangelo/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/3c7/robin-diangelo-10183_bad_for-white-people-their-identities-rest-o_1991763.jpg)

> [One of the most important misunderstandings for white people to get over to move forward is this idea that racism is a good-bad proposition - that if we're good we can't be part of it, that being uncomfortable means you're…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/robin-diangelo/one-of-the-most-important-misunderstandings-for-white-people-to-get/)

[Robin DiAngelo](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/robin-diangelo/)

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## More by Robin DiAngelo

> [We whites who position ourselves as liberal often opt to protect what we perceive as our moral reputationsrather than recognize or change our participation…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/robin-diangelo/we-whites-who-position-ourselves-as-liberal-often-opt-to-protect-what/)

[Robin DiAngelo](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/robin-diangelo/)

> [Denying that race matters is irrational in the face of segregation and all of the other forms of obvious racial inequity in society... Maintaining…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/robin-diangelo/denying-that-race-matters-is-irrational-in-the-face-of-segregation/)

[Robin DiAngelo](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/robin-diangelo/)

> [White people are very wily when it comes to race. We will do everything that we can to get out from under the idea…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/robin-diangelo/white-people-are-very-wily-when-it-comes-to-race-we-will-do/)

[Robin DiAngelo](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/robin-diangelo/)

> [This is what I have learned: Any white person living in the United States will develop opinions about race simply by swimming in the…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/robin-diangelo/this-is-what-i-have-learned-any-white-person-living-in-the-united/)

[Robin DiAngelo](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/robin-diangelo/)

> [Most white people cannot answer the question, 'What does it mean to be white?' with any depth or complexity.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/robin-diangelo/most-white-people-cannot-answer-the-question-what-does-it-mean-to-be/)

[Robin DiAngelo](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/robin-diangelo/)

> [A fundamental but very challenging part of my work is moving white people from an individual understanding of racism - i.e. only some people…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/robin-diangelo/a-fundamental-but-very-challenging-part-of-my-work-is-moving-white/)

[Robin DiAngelo](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/robin-diangelo/)

> [For a lot of white people, just suggesting that being white has meaning will trigger a deep, defensive response. And that defensiveness serves to…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/robin-diangelo/for-a-lot-of-white-people-just-suggesting-that-being-white-has/)

[Robin DiAngelo](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/robin-diangelo/)

> [Whites often respond defensively when linked to other whites as a group or 'accused' of collectively benefiting from racism, because as individuals, each white…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/robin-diangelo/whites-often-respond-defensively-when-linked-to-other-whites-as-a/)

[Robin DiAngelo](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/robin-diangelo/)

> [As a social concept, 'white' is profound in its meaning. It means people who either come from or appear to come from Europe, but…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/robin-diangelo/as-a-social-concept-white-is-profound-in-its-meaning-it-means-people/)

[Robin DiAngelo](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/robin-diangelo/)

> [This is one of the most effective adaptations of racism over time - that we can think of racism as only something that individuals…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/robin-diangelo/this-is-one-of-the-most-effective-adaptations-of-racism-over-time/)

[Robin DiAngelo](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/robin-diangelo/)

> [Like a nontechnical user trying to understand a technical problem, our racial illiteracy limits our ability to have meaningful conversations about race.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/robin-diangelo/like-a-nontechnical-user-trying-to-understand-a-technical-problem-our/)

[Robin DiAngelo](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/robin-diangelo/)

> [Human beings can only make sense of the world through the lens they were socialized to make sense of it through.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/robin-diangelo/human-beings-can-only-make-sense-of-the-world-through-the-lens-they/)

[Robin DiAngelo](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/robin-diangelo/)

> [White people in North America live in a social environment that protects and insulates them from race-based stress. This insulated environment of racial protection…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/robin-diangelo/white-people-in-north-america-live-in-a-social-environment-that/)

[Robin DiAngelo](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/robin-diangelo/)

> [“It has taken me many years of intensive study and practice to be able to recognize and articulate how I am shaped by being…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/robin-diangelo/it-has-taken-me-many-years-of-intensive-study-and-practice-to-be-able/)

[Robin DiAngelo](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/robin-diangelo/)

> [White consciousness is deeply anti-black, and that's for progressives and conservatives.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/robin-diangelo/white-consciousness-is-deeply-anti-black-and-that-s-for-progressives/)

[Robin DiAngelo](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/robin-diangelo/)

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