--- title: "8 Told White Quotes by 8 authors" description: "Browse 8 Told White quotes by 8 authors. Discover the best Told White sayings and thoughts." image: "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/397/lexi-alexander-4779_go_when-93-percent-of-our-stories-are-told_546549.jpg" --- > [When 93 percent of our stories are told by white men, it's an issue. And if those white men go on and…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/lexi-alexander/when-93-percent-of-our-stories-are-told-by-white-men-it-s-an-issue/) [Lexi Alexander](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/lexi-alexander/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/397/lexi-alexander-4779_go_when-93-percent-of-our-stories-are-told_546549.jpg) > [I had felt for a long time, that if I was ever told to get up so a white person could sit,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/rosa-parks/i-had-felt-for-a-long-time-that-if-i-was-ever-told-to-get-up-so-a/) [Rosa Parks](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/rosa-parks/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/d47/rosa-parks-4916_felt_i-had-felt-for-a-long-time-that-if-i-was_733860.jpg) > [The perjurer's mother told white lies.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/austin-o-malley/the-perjurer-s-mother-told-white-lies/) [Austin O'Malley](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/austin-o-malley/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/b4d/austin-o-malley-1805_liars_the-perjurer-s-mother-told-white-lies-11_1115613.jpg) > [Someone once said, "I don't lie because then I don't have to remember anything." I've told white lies a lot. Sometimes when…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/larry-king/someone-once-said-i-don-t-lie-because-then-i-don-t-have-to-remember/) [Larry King](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/larry-king/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/816/larry-king-7288_humor_someone-once-said-i-don-t-lie-because-th_1661543.png) > [I once told a white South African woman that her food was as weak as the Rand, and she complained of racism.…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/gregg-wallace/i-once-told-a-white-south-african-woman-that-her-food-was-as-weak-as/) [Gregg Wallace](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/gregg-wallace/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/a45/gregg-wallace-5631_food_i-once-told-a-white-south-african-woman_2219157.jpg) > [“Allie,” he said. “You told me once I had a white-knight complex. You said I saved you.” He was going to say…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/amber-lin/allie-he-said-you-told-me-once-i-had-a-white-knight-complex-you-said/) [Amber Lin](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/amber-lin/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/0b8/amber-lin-47340_romance_allie-he-said-you-told-me-once-i-had-a-w_2420348.jpg) > [“When the Lakota chief Red Cloud finally quit fighting the intruders, he reportedly told a white delegation, "We didn't need all this…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/scott-zesch/when-the-lakota-chief-red-cloud-finally-quit-fighting-the-intruders/) [Scott Zesch](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/scott-zesch/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/0eb/scott-zesch-276802_america_when-the-lakota-chief-red-cloud-finally_2548366.jpg) > [“I pointed to a Black man standing nearby and said, "If I had said something up there on that stage today that…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/w-kamau-bell/i-pointed-to-a-black-man-standing-nearby-and-said-if-i-had-said/) [W. Kamau Bell](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/w-kamau-bell/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/353/w-kamau-bell-3541_race-in-america_i-pointed-to-a-black-man-standing-nearby_2887103.jpg) ```json { "@context": "https://schema.org", "@graph": [ { "@type": "ItemList", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/told-white/#itemlist", "name": "Told White Quotes", "numberOfItems": 8, "itemListElement": [ { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 1, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "When 93 percent of our stories are told by white men, it's an issue. 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