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title: "11 White Society Quotes by 11 authors"
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> [“The instruction was intended to assimilate Mollie into white society and transform her into what the authorities conceived of as the ideal…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/david-grann/the-instruction-was-intended-to-assimilate-mollie-into-white-society/)

[David Grann](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/david-grann/)

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> [Dallas was a Black and White society at that time; it didn't have the diversity it has now.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/eddie-bernice-johnson/dallas-was-a-black-and-white-society-at-that-time-it-didn-t-have-the/)

[Eddie Bernice Johnson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/eddie-bernice-johnson/)

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> [I have spent years studying what it means to be white in a society that proclaims race meaningless, yet is deeply divided…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/robin-diangelo/i-have-spent-years-studying-what-it-means-to-be-white-in-a-society/)

[Robin DiAngelo](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/robin-diangelo/)

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> [Mostly I'm interviewed by white people, and identified with white society.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/nadine-gordimer/mostly-i-m-interviewed-by-white-people-and-identified-with-white/)

[Nadine Gordimer](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/nadine-gordimer/)

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> [I am deeply sympathetic to Indigenous treatment at the hands of white society.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/neil-macdonald/i-am-deeply-sympathetic-to-indigenous-treatment-at-the-hands-of-white/)

[Neil Macdonald](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/neil-macdonald/)

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> [The press is largely directed at white society or the so-called electorate whose values are laced with racial prejudice against black people.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/steven-biko/the-press-is-largely-directed-at-white-society-or-the-so-called/)

[Steven Biko](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/steven-biko/)

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> [Black men and women who refuse to live under oppression are dangerous to white society because they become symbols of hope to…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/huey-newton/black-men-and-women-who-refuse-to-live-under-oppression-are-dangerous/)

[Huey Newton](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/huey-newton/)

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> [I never cease to wonder at the amazing presumption of much of white society, assuming that they have the right to bargain…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/martin-luther-king-jr/i-never-cease-to-wonder-at-the-amazing-presumption-of-much-of-white/)

[Martin Luther King, Jr](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/martin-luther-king-jr/)

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> [Women of color have no call to trust white women until white women take a gander at the world around them, investigate,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/inga-muscio/women-of-color-have-no-call-to-trust-white-women-until-white-women/)

[Inga Muscio](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/inga-muscio/)

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> [But I think the possibility of a black and white society feeding each other's expertises, living harmoniously, will probably go along in…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/janet-suzman/but-i-think-the-possibility-of-a-black-and-white-society-feeding-each/)

[Janet Suzman](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/janet-suzman/)

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> [Living in, and promoting a eugenic White society. This means that we take particular care in not only assuring the perpetuation of…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ben-klassen/living-in-and-promoting-a-eugenic-white-society-this-means-that-we/)

[Ben Klassen](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ben-klassen/)

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