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I don't know how often white people look around and think, 'Wow, there's really a lot of white people here; we should… — Yvonne Orji Copy Share Image
The Great Spirit made all things. He gave the white people a home beyond the great waters. He supplied these grounds with… — Tecumseh Copy Share Image
When Americans look out on the world, they see nothing but dark and menacing strangers who appear to have no sense of… — James A. Baldwin Copy Share Image
What we're seeing is a backlash against any attempt, whether from the world of scholarship or popular culture, to paint non-white people… — David Olusoga Copy Share Image
Many White people are not sensitive to the kind of abuse that African Americans, especially younger African Americans, receive at the hands… — Bernie Sanders Copy Share Image
I'm Colombian. My family all have different complexions; some are people of color. I've been called every name by white people, been… — Kali Uchis Copy Share Image
Im crazy about my father, hes an amazing man, a real adventurer. He took us with him to travel all over the… — Peta Wilson Copy Share Image
“The ideal of whiteness makes a strong appeal. It flatters white people by associating them with (what they define as) the best… — Richard Dyer Copy Share Image
Emmett Till and I were about the same age. A week after he was murdered... I stood on a corner with a… — Muhammad Ali Copy Share Image
When women got the vote, they did not redefine voting. When African-Americans got the right to sit at a lunch counter alongside… — Cynthia Nixon Copy Share Image
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People are fooled by the colour of my skin. I grew up on the north side of Fredericton in a Celtic culture… — Measha Brueggergosman Copy Share Image
“So here I am, a white man telling Black children to not give white people the benefit of the doubt. It’s not… — Stan Goff Copy Share Image
In my opinion while lynchings were quite possibly the most heinous crimes ever witnessed in American history, they helped in bringing people… — Assata Shakur Copy Share Image
“When the children were asked how many white people were “mean,” they commonly answered “almost none.” But when asked how many blacks… — Ian Haney López Copy Share Image
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We focus on that really repulsive minority of racists. But then there's a continuum that goes all the way to, you know,… — George Packer Copy Share Image
“These fantasies were no longer a reflection of my reaction to the white people, they were a part of my living, of… — Richard Wright Copy Share Image
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“All of the Indians must have tragic features: tragic noses, eyes, and arms. Their hands and fingers must be tragic when they… — Sherman Alexie Copy Share Image
The problem is that white people see racism as conscious hate, when racism is bigger than that. Racism is a complex system… — Scott Woods Copy Share Image
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White people don't have that problem, they get to go through life never having to fit into a box, and it's really… — Justin Simien Copy Share Image
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![“Mom used to tell me that white people don't understand us, would never understand us, even when they are well-meaning and patient...I thought she was being reductive and unforgiving, but she might have known something I didn't: how do I explain to [my white boyfriend], who feels only love and…” quote by Scaachi Koul](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/c73/scaachi-koul-20250_white-people_mom-used-to-tell-me-that-white-people-do_1679773.jpg)
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