Privilege Quote by bell hooks

For me, true and authentic democracy occurs when the privileged groups assist the unprivileged groups to become more privileged.

— Stephane Hessel

“Privileged groups seldom give up their privileges voluntarily.”

— Martin Luther King Jr

“In the words of John Fonte, “The new, transformed civic morality of the progressive narrative . . . divides Americans between dominant or ‘oppressor’ groups—whites, males, native-born,…

— David Horowitz

[U]nless oppressed groups stick together, and on alliances of self interest rather than do-goodism; nothing can be accomplished in the long run to dismantle…

— Shulamith Firestone

Oppressed groups are frequently placed in the situation of being listened to only if we frame our ideas in the language that is familiar…

— Patricia Hill Collins

Privileged groups, like everyone else, want to think well of themselves and to believe that they are acting generously and justly.

— Joanna Russ

“Lamentably, it is a historical fact that privileged groups seldom give up their privileges voluntarily. Individuals may see the moral light and voluntarily give…

— Martin Luther King Jr

“My friends, I must say to you that we have not made a single gain in civil rights without determined legal and nonviolent pressure.…

— Martin Luther King Jr

Since inequalities of privilege are greater than could possibly be defended rationally, the intelligence of privileged groups is usually applied to the task of…

— Reinhold Niebuhr

“Privileged groups work for greater power consolidation through favoritism.”

— Bryant McGill

"Marginalized others" have access to other ways of knowing, and therefore to deeper, more authentic truths about human reality. They can share that knowledge…

— Christina Hoff Sommers

Generally speaking, the less privileged groups in democratic society, as they become aware of their interests and their political power, will be found to…

— Gunnar Myrdal