--- title: "11 White Guilt Quotes by 9 authors" description: "Browse 11 White Guilt quotes by 9 authors. Discover the best White Guilt sayings and thoughts." image: "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/4c0/quentin-tarantino-1030_country_i-don-t-feel-any-white-guilt-because-i-h_869681.jpg" --- > [I don't feel any 'white guilt,' because I had nothing to do with (slavery) whatsoever. I feel shame for my country that…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/quentin-tarantino/i-don-t-feel-any-white-guilt-because-i-had-nothing-to-do-with-slavery/) [Quentin Tarantino](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/quentin-tarantino/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/4c0/quentin-tarantino-1030_country_i-don-t-feel-any-white-guilt-because-i-h_869681.jpg) > [White guilt and the fear of speaking up concerning issues of race and morality is costing this nation greatly.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jesse-lee-peterson/white-guilt-and-the-fear-of-speaking-up-concerning-issues-of-race-and/) [Jesse Lee Peterson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jesse-lee-peterson/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/90f/jesse-lee-peterson-5122_fear_white-guilt-and-the-fear-of-speaking-up_2581629.jpg) > [I owe my life and hope to the gospel. Without it I would still be strutting with racist pride, or I would…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/john-piper/i-owe-my-life-and-hope-to-the-gospel-without-it-i-would-still-be/) [John Piper](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/john-piper/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/06c/john-piper-255_answer_i-owe-my-life-and-hope-to-the-gospel-wit_1438037.png) > [White guilt morally and culturally disarms the West. It makes the First World apologetic. And this, of course, only inflames the narcissism…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/shelby-steele/white-guilt-morally-and-culturally-disarms-the-west-it-makes-the/) [Shelby Steele](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/shelby-steele/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/1af/shelby-steele-3370_guilt_white-guilt-morally-and-culturally-disar_1361497.png) > [Hollywood people are filled with guilt: white guilt, liberal guilt, money guilt. They feel bad that they're so rich, they feel they…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/drew-carey/hollywood-people-are-filled-with-guilt-white-guilt-liberal-guilt/) [Drew Carey](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/drew-carey/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/748/drew-carey-2550_amount_hollywood-people-are-filled-with-guilt-w_1023020.jpg) > [So white guilt is not a guilt of conscience; it's not something that you get up in the morning and say, my…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/shelby-steele/so-white-guilt-is-not-a-guilt-of-conscience-it-s-not-something-that/) [Shelby Steele](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/shelby-steele/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/3dd/shelby-steele-3370_black-americans_so-white-guilt-is-not-a-guilt-of-conscie_1923112.jpg) > [I just don't feel the whole white guilt and pussy-footing around race issues. I'm completely above all that. I've never worried about…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/quentin-tarantino/i-just-don-t-feel-the-whole-white-guilt-and-pussy-footing-around-race/) [Quentin Tarantino](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/quentin-tarantino/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/0ce/quentin-tarantino-1030_always-believe_i-just-don-t-feel-the-whole-white-guilt_1604166.jpg) > [“I considered the northern white stance against slavery. How much of the desire to end the institution was fueled by a need…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/percival-everett/i-considered-the-northern-white-stance-against-slavery-how-much-of/) [Percival Everett](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/percival-everett/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/473/percival-everett-21881_african-americans_i-considered-the-northern-white-stance-a_1205607.jpg) > [Weirdly enough, the best thing that ever happened to black people in the last twenty or thirty years was the O.J. Simpson…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ann-coulter/weirdly-enough-the-best-thing-that-ever-happened-to-black-people-in/) [Ann Coulter](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ann-coulter/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/0fa/ann-coulter-469_black_weirdly-enough-the-best-thing-that-ever_151148.png) > [White guilt is more of a sanctioned social convention than a genuine emotional experience. It’s a form of theatrical empathy that’s socially…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jack-donovan/white-guilt-is-more-of-a-sanctioned-social-convention-than-a-genuine/) [Jack Donovan](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jack-donovan/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/d6c/jack-donovan-23606_apology_white-guilt-is-more-of-a-sanctioned-soci_2224431.png) > [“Hochschild just can’t seem to get over the fact that life was very, very different long ago. I, for one, am less…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/bruce-gilley/hochschild-just-can-t-seem-to-get-over-the-fact-that-life-was-very/) [Bruce Gilley](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/bruce-gilley/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/571/bruce-gilley-34231_adam-hochschild_hochschild-just-can-t-seem-to-get-over-t_1046451.jpg) ```json { "@context": "https://schema.org", "@graph": [ { "@type": "ItemList", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/white-guilt/#itemlist", "name": "White Guilt Quotes", "numberOfItems": 11, "itemListElement": [ { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 1, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "I don't feel any 'white guilt,' because I had nothing to do with (slavery) whatsoever. 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