“Only a small part of reality, for a human being, is what is actually going on; the greater part is what he… — Debby Irving Time Copy Share Image
“Be it Europeans’ initial assumption of the right to invade in the 1600s, the Indian Removal Act in the 1800s, or the… — Debby Irving Politics Copy Share Image
“Shifting from a superior/inferior paradigm to a strength-in-difference paradigm was kind of a good news/bad news situation. On the downside, I had… — Debby Irving American history Copy Share Image
“Any cycle that traps someone in a state of perpetual disadvantage is the real issue for the person experiencing it.” — Debby Irving Copy Share Image
“Eduardo Bonilla-Silva comments: “[The] melting pot never included people of color. Blacks, Chinese, Puerto Ricans, et cetera, could not melt into the… — Debby Irving Melting pot Copy Share Image
“The story of race has become a self-fulfilling, self-perpetuating prophecy as the story creates the ideas, which then reinforce the story.” — Debby Irving Racism Copy Share Image
“Choosing to engage in the effort to dismantle racism promises to bring with it discomfort, yet how can I compare my discomfort… — Debby Irving Racism Copy Share Image
“Racism demands an artificial and divisive construction of humanity, in terms of how I make sense of others and also how I… — Debby Irving Nature of man Copy Share Image
“Understanding whiteness, regardless of class, is key to understanding racism.” — Debby Irving Racism Copy Share Image
“I now understand that acting like a white American wasn’t just a “When in Rome do as the Romans do” cultural sensibility,… — Debby Irving Copy Share Image
“I’ve heard it said that conversations are the way human beings think together.” — Debby Irving Communication Copy Share Image
“If there’s a place for tolerance in racial healing, perhaps it has to do with tolerating my own feelings of discomfort that… — Debby Irving Anger and fear Copy Share Image
“My white skin, an epidermal gold card, has greased the skids for a life full of opportunities and rewards” — Debby Irving Life Copy Share Image
“Each cultural norm motivated me to fit in while judging others who didn’t.” — Debby Irving Judging others Copy Share Image
“dysfunctional rescuing,” helping people in ways that actually disempower them.” — Debby Irving Helping people Copy Share Image
“About this time I came across Edmund Burke’s quote “All that is necessary for evil to triumph is for good men to… — Debby Irving Racism Copy Share Image
“We keep people down by lowering our expectations of them and then forcing them to live down to them.” — Debby Irving Copy Share Image
“The ingredient that takes the natural human inclination to sort, and adds to it the need to rank, is power.” — Debby Irving Nature Copy Share Image
“In the midst of getting my understanding of racial categories shaken up, I started thinking, What if, instead of categorizing people by… — Debby Irving Hair color Copy Share Image
“I’ve learned that when it comes to race, there’s no such thing as neutral: either I’m intentionally and strategically working against it,… — Debby Irving Racism Copy Share Image
“White people must learn how to listen to the experiences of people of color for racial healing and justice to happen.” — Debby Irving Justice Copy Share Image
“I can tell you how exceptionally easy it is to be ignorant of the racial forces that have shaped my life and… — Debby Irving Life Copy Share Image
