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title: "23 White Kids Quotes by 23 authors"
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> [So many white kids, English kids - we had no culture.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/robert-plant/so-many-white-kids-english-kids-we-had-no-culture/)

[Robert Plant](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/robert-plant/)

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> [That divide between the rich and poor is so crazy, because even white kids are suffering now.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/m-i-a/that-divide-between-the-rich-and-poor-is-so-crazy-because-even-white/)

[M.I.A](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/m-i-a/)

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> [I can't wait to see little white kids dressing up as Black Panther.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/sterling-k-brown/i-can-t-wait-to-see-little-white-kids-dressing-up-as-black-panther/)

[Sterling K. Brown](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/sterling-k-brown/)

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> [In the late '90s, R&B was dominant in the radio, and the white kids were taking it mainstream.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/pink/in-the-late-90s-r-b-was-dominant-in-the-radio-and-the-white-kids-were/)

[Pink](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/pink/)

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> [Yes, there was nothing else to do to get you high. I mean, there was, but white kids didn't hear about it.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/tommy-rettig/yes-there-was-nothing-else-to-do-to-get-you-high-i-mean-there-was-but/)

[Tommy Rettig](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/tommy-rettig/)

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> [Once my school was integrated, and I was there with white kids and a few black kids, it really didn't matter to…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ruby-bridges/once-my-school-was-integrated-and-i-was-there-with-white-kids-and-a/)

[Ruby Bridges](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ruby-bridges/)

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> [There was a time in America not long ago when rock 'n' roll was called race music, and white kids who wanted…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/david-bowie/there-was-a-time-in-america-not-long-ago-when-rock-n-roll-was-called/)

[David Bowie](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/david-bowie/)

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> [When I was a kid, my parents never let me use race as an excuse. They'd say, 'When you walk into a…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/will-packer/when-i-was-a-kid-my-parents-never-let-me-use-race-as-an-excuse-they-d/)

[Will Packer](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/will-packer/)

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> [When you're accustomed to wealth, you don't show it, right? That's why the white kids in school could wear bummy sneakers; it's…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jay-z/when-you-re-accustomed-to-wealth-you-don-t-show-it-right-that-s-why/)

[Jay-Z](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jay-z/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/682/jay-z-713_money_when-you-re-accustomed-to-wealth-you-don_470151.png)

> [In my Philly neighborhood, black and white kids hung together without even thinking about it. The spirit of Martin Luther King was…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/daryl-hall/in-my-philly-neighborhood-black-and-white-kids-hung-together-without/)

[Daryl Hall](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/daryl-hall/)

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> [I remember growing up watching John Hughes movies and watching these white kids from suburban Chicago. I connected to them even though…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/rick-famuyiwa/i-remember-growing-up-watching-john-hughes-movies-and-watching-these/)

[Rick Famuyiwa](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/rick-famuyiwa/)

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> [I wish we could do a better job of understanding what we're doing to kids, because it can be better. It's unfair…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/kenny-stills/i-wish-we-could-do-a-better-job-of-understanding-what-we-re-doing-to/)

[Kenny Stills](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/kenny-stills/)

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> [Black kids wishin they white kids when they close they eyelids, Like, 'I bet they neighborhood ain't like this'. White kids wishin…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/talib-kweli/black-kids-wishin-they-white-kids-when-they-close-they-eyelids-like-i/)

[Talib Kweli](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/talib-kweli/)

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> [If I lived where I live right now, and my kids were in middle school, they would be the only white kids…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/gene-weingarten/if-i-lived-where-i-live-right-now-and-my-kids-were-in-middle-school/)

[Gene Weingarten](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/gene-weingarten/)

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> [The question 'Why white kids love hip-hop?' forces us immediately to deal with the historical weight of race in America. On the…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/bakari-kitwana/the-question-why-white-kids-love-hip-hop-forces-us-immediately-to/)

[Bakari Kitwana](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/bakari-kitwana/)

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> [You can't argue that hip-hop rots away the moral character of kids or rots their brain and still see middle-class white kids…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/killer-mike/you-can-t-argue-that-hip-hop-rots-away-the-moral-character-of-kids-or/)

[Killer Mike](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/killer-mike/)

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> [In college, I didn't know whether to hang out with the black kids or the white kids, and then I found the…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/courtney-a-kemp/in-college-i-didn-t-know-whether-to-hang-out-with-the-black-kids-or/)

[Courtney A. Kemp](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/courtney-a-kemp/)

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> [Between Alan Freed in Cleveland and Bob Horn and Lee Stewart in Philadelphia and George 'Hound Dog' Lorenz in Buffalo, they began…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/dick-clark/between-alan-freed-in-cleveland-and-bob-horn-and-lee-stewart-in/)

[Dick Clark](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/dick-clark/)

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> [I've always thought it would be fun to update "Hansel and Gretel." I'd have these white parents in the suburbs with an…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/stephen-king/i-ve-always-thought-it-would-be-fun-to-update-hansel-and-gretel-i-d/)

[Stephen King](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/stephen-king/)

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> [My experience is that white kids love hip-hop, and brown and black kids love rock music. That shows that brown kids -…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/princess-nokia/my-experience-is-that-white-kids-love-hip-hop-and-brown-and-black/)

[Princess Nokia](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/princess-nokia/)

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> [That's why I called my record Devil Without a Cause - I'm a white boy who's so sick of hearing that white…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/kid-rock/that-s-why-i-called-my-record-devil-without-a-cause-i-m-a-white-boy/)

[Kid Rock](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/kid-rock/)

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> [I think hip-hop has definitely brought the black experience to white kids more than the civil rights movement did and more than…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/henry-rollins/i-think-hip-hop-has-definitely-brought-the-black-experience-to-white/)

[Henry Rollins](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/henry-rollins/)

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> [You've never seen a Columbine done by a black child. Never. They always say, 'We can't believe it happened here. We can't…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/van-jones/you-ve-never-seen-a-columbine-done-by-a-black-child-never-they-always/)

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

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