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title: "7 White Parents Quotes by 7 authors"
description: "Browse 7 White Parents quotes by 7 authors. Discover the best White Parents sayings and thoughts."
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> [I grew up with white parents, and until after college, it was a lot of confusion, especially because I grew up in…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/gina-prince-bythewood/i-grew-up-with-white-parents-and-until-after-college-it-was-a-lot-of/)

[Gina Prince-Bythewood](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/gina-prince-bythewood/)

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> [White parents use time out. My mom used a different type of time out. She'd be like, 'There...take time out to pick…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/martin-lawrence/white-parents-use-time-out-my-mom-used-a-different-type-of-time-out/)

[Martin Lawrence](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/martin-lawrence/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/331/martin-lawrence-13450_funny_white-parents-use-time-out-my-mom-used-a_651265.jpg)

> [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/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/793/stephen-king-13_avenues_i-ve-always-thought-it-would-be-fun-to-u_1428068.jpg)

> [“An unwillingness to associate with blacks has long been considered a sign of lower-class closed-mindedness, but a 2006 study by Michael Emerson…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jared-taylor/an-unwillingness-to-associate-with-blacks-has-long-been-considered-a/)

[Jared Taylor](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jared-taylor/)

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> [I heard someone the other day who said 'How can Colin Kaepernick lead this because he's mixed and he was raised by…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ed-gordon/i-heard-someone-the-other-day-who-said-how-can-colin-kaepernick-lead/)

[Ed Gordon](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ed-gordon/)

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> [It is increasingly hard for young white people to find jobs, and I can understand why white parents are worried about the…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/helen-suzman/it-is-increasingly-hard-for-young-white-people-to-find-jobs-and-i-can/)

[Helen Suzman](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/helen-suzman/)

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> [I grew up on the Eastern Shore during desegregation. A lot of white parents chose to send their kids to private schools…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ralph-northam/i-grew-up-on-the-eastern-shore-during-desegregation-a-lot-of-white/)

[Ralph Northam](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ralph-northam/)

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