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title: "24 White Community Quotes by 23 authors"
description: "Browse 24 White Community quotes by 23 authors. Discover the best White Community sayings and thoughts."
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> [I grew up in an all-white community.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/gayle-king/i-grew-up-in-an-all-white-community/)

[Gayle King](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/gayle-king/)

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> [Adolescents are in just as much trouble in Native America as they are in the white community.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/robert-bly/adolescents-are-in-just-as-much-trouble-in-native-america-as-they-are/)

[Robert Bly](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/robert-bly/)

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> [Apparently, the heart of opposition to new gun regulations is in the white community. Yet white people face far less daily violence…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/juan-williams/apparently-the-heart-of-opposition-to-new-gun-regulations-is-in-the/)

[Juan Williams](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/juan-williams/)

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> [The sobering anwer is yes - the white community is so entitled because ... it is the advanced race ... it is…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/william-f-buckley-jr/the-sobering-anwer-is-yes-the-white-community-is-so-entitled-because/)

[William F. Buckley, Jr](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/william-f-buckley-jr/)

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> [The black community now in many ways divided itself the way the larger white community divides itself, over class issues. And that…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ed-smith/the-black-community-now-in-many-ways-divided-itself-the-way-the/)

[Ed Smith](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ed-smith/)

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> [It's also important for those who promote those issues within the white community - the somewhat privileged community - to talk about…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/danny-glover/it-s-also-important-for-those-who-promote-those-issues-within-the/)

[Danny Glover](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/danny-glover/)

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> [Before my grandpa built his own church, we went to the neighboring town, and it was a white community. You know, up…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/james-earl-jones/before-my-grandpa-built-his-own-church-we-went-to-the-neighboring/)

[James Earl Jones](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/james-earl-jones/)

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> [I grew up basically in a predominantly, you know, white community and I was mixed but as a kid you don't know…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/redfoo/i-grew-up-basically-in-a-predominantly-you-know-white-community-and-i/)

[Redfoo](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/redfoo/)

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> [We were raised in the black community not to trust the police, and I believe, in the white community, they were raised…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/courtney-b-vance/we-were-raised-in-the-black-community-not-to-trust-the-police-and-i/)

[Courtney B. Vance](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/courtney-b-vance/)

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> [You don't disarm any white community by confining yourself to any particular method. If you want freedom, then you should get freedom…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/malcolm-x/you-don-t-disarm-any-white-community-by-confining-yourself-to-any/)

[Malcolm X](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/malcolm-x/)

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> [It is truly not fun to be the family that sticks out in an all-white community. On the other side, I have…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/soledad-o-brien/it-is-truly-not-fun-to-be-the-family-that-sticks-out-in-an-all-white/)

[Soledad O'Brien](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/soledad-o-brien/)

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> [“Try being a white person who adopts the trappings of black culture while still living in the white community. You will face…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/trevor-noah/try-being-a-white-person-who-adopts-the-trappings-of-black-culture/)

[Trevor Noah](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/trevor-noah/)

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> [In the white community, the path to a more perfect union means acknowledging that what ails the African-American community does not just…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/barack-obama/in-the-white-community-the-path-to-a-more-perfect-union-means/)

[Barack Obama](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/barack-obama/)

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> [There was a resistance movement in the white community, and there was a determined civil rights movement by our neighbors and friends…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jeff-sessions/there-was-a-resistance-movement-in-the-white-community-and-there-was/)

[Jeff Sessions](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jeff-sessions/)

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> [That's critical to me, the community. When I was 12 years old, I had a mental breakdown; I went berserk for a…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/cecil-williams/that-s-critical-to-me-the-community-when-i-was-12-years-old-i-had-a/)

[Cecil Williams](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/cecil-williams/)

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> [I am 100 percent on the side of insisting that white people step up to a different level of consciousness and commitment…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/van-jones/i-am-100-percent-on-the-side-of-insisting-that-white-people-step-up/)

[Van Jones](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/van-jones/)

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> [I grew up in a predominantly white community - Hinsdale, Illinois - and given that, I feel blessed because I could still…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/tomi-adeyemi/i-grew-up-in-a-predominantly-white-community-hinsdale-illinois-and/)

[Tomi Adeyemi](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/tomi-adeyemi/)

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> [These events are swirling around them. In the white community, people felt like they had no control over their neighborhoods, their destiny.…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/sara-paretsky/these-events-are-swirling-around-them-in-the-white-community-people/)

[Sara Paretsky](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/sara-paretsky/)

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> [We are Germans. We are Armenians. French, Italian, Russian, American, Asian, African... many other nationalities. We are Christians, Jewish, Muslim and Hindu.…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/michael-jackson/we-are-germans-we-are-armenians-french-italian-russian-american-asian/)

[Michael Jackson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/michael-jackson/)

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> [I'm mixed and I grew up in a predominantly white community. I'm queer, and I'm an actor. There's a lot of boxes…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/myha-la/i-m-mixed-and-i-grew-up-in-a-predominantly-white-community-i-m-queer/)

[Myha'la](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/myha-la/)

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> [We're not here as a black band playing white string band music. You know, we play stuff in the Appalachians, we play…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/rhiannon-giddens/we-re-not-here-as-a-black-band-playing-white-string-band-music-you/)

[Rhiannon Giddens](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/rhiannon-giddens/)

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> [Because I am white, I feel like certain opportunities were thrown to me through all of the people from the white community…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/scott-storch/because-i-am-white-i-feel-like-certain-opportunities-were-thrown-to/)

[Scott Storch](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/scott-storch/)

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> [My hair journey involved a lot of trying to figure out how to deal with my hair as a bi-racial girl in…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/soledad-o-brien/my-hair-journey-involved-a-lot-of-trying-to-figure-out-how-to-deal/)

[Soledad O'Brien](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/soledad-o-brien/)

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> [I mean in the South African case, many of those who were part of death squads would have been respectable members of…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/desmond-tutu/i-mean-in-the-south-african-case-many-of-those-who-were-part-of-death/)

[Desmond Tutu](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/desmond-tutu/)

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