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title: "24 White American Quotes by 24 authors"
description: "Browse 24 White American quotes by 24 authors. Discover the best White American sayings and thoughts."
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> [“A white American can orbit the earth, but a black American can’t enter a restroom.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ken-follett/a-white-american-can-orbit-the-earth-but-a-black-american-can-t-enter/)

[Ken Follett](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ken-follett/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/652/ken-follett-941_nature_a-white-american-can-orbit-the-earth-but_3217202.jpg)

> [Let's hope the Boston Marathon bomber is a white American.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/david-sirota/let-s-hope-the-boston-marathon-bomber-is-a-white-american/)

[David Sirota](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/david-sirota/)

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> [I would say that I put down a lot of the white American culture, and ways, and beliefs.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/muhammad-ali/i-would-say-that-i-put-down-a-lot-of-the-white-american-culture-and/)

[Muhammad Ali](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/muhammad-ali/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/2be/muhammad-ali-386_american-culture_i-would-say-that-i-put-down-a-lot-of-the_2162994.jpg)

> [I sometimes think the contemporary white American is more culturally deprived than the Indian.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/n-scott-momaday/i-sometimes-think-the-contemporary-white-american-is-more-culturally/)

[N. Scott Momaday](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/n-scott-momaday/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/5dd/n-scott-momaday-12844_contemporary_i-sometimes-think-the-contemporary-white_1841237.png)

> [I'm Japanese, and I'm also white American, and neither camp wants me in their camp.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/mitski/i-m-japanese-and-i-m-also-white-american-and-neither-camp-wants-me-in/)

[Mitski](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/mitski/)

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> [My father grew up in an era when to be an American - a white American, at least - was to be…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/william-t-vollmann/my-father-grew-up-in-an-era-when-to-be-an-american-a-white-american/)

[William T. Vollmann](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/william-t-vollmann/)

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> [A bargainer is a black who enters the American, the white American mainstream by saying to whites in effect, in some code…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/shelby-steele/a-bargainer-is-a-black-who-enters-the-american-the-white-american/)

[Shelby Steele](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/shelby-steele/)

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> [It was always a false assumption that white American writers cannot write novels about race unless they're approaching it from a very…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jess-row/it-was-always-a-false-assumption-that-white-american-writers-cannot/)

[Jess Row](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jess-row/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/4d7/jess-row-20144_american-writer_it-was-always-a-false-assumption-that-wh_3052995.jpg)

> [“In the 1940s a white American man wrote about the sacred myths of other cultures. He decided he knew what they meant…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/drew-jacob/in-the-1940s-a-white-american-man-wrote-about-the-sacred-myths-of/)

[Drew Jacob](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/drew-jacob/)

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> [America is as much a black country as a white one. The lives and destinies of the white American are bound up…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/amiri-baraka/america-is-as-much-a-black-country-as-a-white-one-the-lives-and/)

[Amiri Baraka](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/amiri-baraka/)

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> [You know, yeah, my dad is white - he's American. His family has been in this country for many, many, many years.…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/rachel-zegler/you-know-yeah-my-dad-is-white-he-s-american-his-family-has-been-in/)

[Rachel Zegler](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/rachel-zegler/)

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> [To some Americans, there was no possible way I could naturally be the daughter of this white American; I had to be…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/alex-wagner/to-some-americans-there-was-no-possible-way-i-could-naturally-be-the/)

[Alex Wagner](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/alex-wagner/)

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> [Most of black America is in housing projects, without jobs, living on welfare. And this is not the case in 'The Cosby…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/august-wilson/most-of-black-america-is-in-housing-projects-without-jobs-living-on/)

[August Wilson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/august-wilson/)

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> [“The white American is not innately racist. I sense innate docility. He will follow the law if the leadership tells him to…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/studs-terkel/the-white-american-is-not-innately-racist-i-sense-innate-docility-he/)

[Studs Terkel](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/studs-terkel/)

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> [I believe that it is my job to fight for the rights of others to have the same rights that I take…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/michael-skolnik/i-believe-that-it-is-my-job-to-fight-for-the-rights-of-others-to-have/)

[Michael Skolnik](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/michael-skolnik/)

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> [“I now understand that acting like a white American wasn’t just a “When in Rome do as the Romans do” cultural sensibility,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/debby-irving/i-now-understand-that-acting-like-a-white-american-wasn-t-just-a-when/)

[Debby Irving](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/debby-irving/)

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> [We do not have an American culture. We have a white American culture and a black American culture. So when those two…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/michael-emerson/we-do-not-have-an-american-culture-we-have-a-white-american-culture/)

[Michael Emerson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/michael-emerson/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/df1/michael-emerson-4622_american-culture_we-do-not-have-an-american-culture-we-ha_147976.jpg)

> [The white American man makes the white American woman maybe not superfluous but just a little kind of decoration. Not really important…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/maya-angelou/the-white-american-man-makes-the-white-american-woman-maybe-not/)

[Maya Angelou](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/maya-angelou/)

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> [As for the Jewish-American question, what's funny is that I grew up in India, and the Jewish-American comparison is better for second-generation…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/karan-mahajan/as-for-the-jewish-american-question-what-s-funny-is-that-i-grew-up-in/)

[Karan Mahajan](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/karan-mahajan/)

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> [If you are the normal white American, truth is you don't understand being black in America, and you instinctively underestimate the level…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/newt-gingrich/if-you-are-the-normal-white-american-truth-is-you-don-t-understand/)

[Newt Gingrich](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/newt-gingrich/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/111/newt-gingrich-792_america_if-you-are-the-normal-white-american-tru_351988.jpg)

> [Since that first showing of Foolish Wives I have seemed to walk through vast crowds of people, their white American faces turned…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/erich-von-stroheim/since-that-first-showing-of-foolish-wives-i-have-seemed-to-walk/)

[Erich von Stroheim](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/erich-von-stroheim/)

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> [Well, as a native, as a colonized people you do live in the in between. The thing is I'm native. But necessarily…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/sherman-alexie/well-as-a-native-as-a-colonized-people-you-do-live-in-the-in-between/)

[Sherman Alexie](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/sherman-alexie/)

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> [No white American ever thinks that any other race is wholly civilized until he wears the white man’s clothes, eats the white…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/booker-t-washington/no-white-american-ever-thinks-that-any-other-race-is-wholly-civilized/)

[Booker T. Washington](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/booker-t-washington/)

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> [A good many observers have remarked that if equality could come at once, the Negro would not be ready for it. I…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/anonymous/a-good-many-observers-have-remarked-that-if-equality-could-come-at/)

[Anonymous](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/anonymous/)

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