Acquaintance Quote by Beverly Daniel Tatum

While having friends of color is better than not having them, it doesn't change the overall system or prevent racism from surfacing in our…

— Robin DiAngelo

“It’s that simple: building friendships with people of other races seems to eliminate unhealthy stress responses, so that each new interaction can be greeted…

— Jeremy A. Smith

One cannot understand how racism functions in the U.S. today if one ignores group power relations.

— Robin DiAngelo

Racism as a form of skin worship, and as a sickness and a pathological anxiety for America, is so great, until the poor whites…

— Jesse Jackson

Any concept of one person being superior to another can lead to racism.

— Walter Lang

Racism has two primary functions: the oppression of people of color, which most people recognize, but also the simultaneous elevation of white people. You…

— Robin DiAngelo

This is one of the most effective adaptations of racism over time - that we can think of racism as only something that individuals…

— Robin DiAngelo

Preparing oneself for the possibility of confronting racism triggers something that slowly chips away at physical and emotional well-being.

— Clint Smith

Friendship is also a kind of medicine, and the markets for it, too, are sometimes black.

— Gregory David Roberts

The way you start to break down systemic racism is to start building individual relationships with people who are not like you.

— Killer Mike

Racism keeps people who are being managed from finding out the truth through contact with each other.

— Shirley Chisholm

The growth of race relations management, diversity training and 'promoting good relations' has come at a cost. We are more sensitized to racism, yet…

— Munira Mirza