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title: "5 Working White Quotes by 5 authors"
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> [Rule Number One for working for a white lady, Minny: it is nobody’s business. You keep your nose out of your White…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/kathryn-stockett/rule-number-one-for-working-for-a-white-lady-minny-it-is-nobody-s/)

[Kathryn Stockett](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/kathryn-stockett/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/615/kathryn-stockett-1284_bills_rule-number-one-for-working-for-a-white_1152877.jpg)

> [I spent three years working at the White House and wanted to do something that wasn't about passing bills and resolutions.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jon-lovett/i-spent-three-years-working-at-the-white-house-and-wanted-to-do/)

[Jon Lovett](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jon-lovett/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/cb4/jon-lovett-8245_house_i-spent-three-years-working-at-the-white_1539142.jpg)

> [These feet have walked ten thousand miles working for white folks and another ten thousand keeping up with colored.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/langston-hughes/these-feet-have-walked-ten-thousand-miles-working-for-white-folks-and/)

[Langston Hughes](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/langston-hughes/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/6bf/langston-hughes-1527_feet_these-feet-have-walked-ten-thousand-mile_1636893.png)

> [The Honorable Elijah Muhammad says that the way to solve this problem is for the white man to give us some territory…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/malcolm-x/the-honorable-elijah-muhammad-says-that-the-way-to-solve-this-problem/)

[Malcolm X](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/malcolm-x/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/9f7/malcolm-x-213_elijah_the-honorable-elijah-muhammad-says-that_2126684.jpg)

> [I will never forget working in the White House for the first Black president.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/karine-jean-pierre/i-will-never-forget-working-in-the-white-house-for-the-first-black/)

[Karine Jean-Pierre](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/karine-jean-pierre/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/87f/karine-jean-pierre-5951_forget_i-will-never-forget-working-in-the-white_2366015.jpg)

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