Insolence Quote by Carson McCullers

“He was suggesting that all Negroes were held in a state of supreme tension between the difficult, dangerous relationship in which they stood to…

— James Baldwin

“He liked to refer to his whiteness the way all white liberals did: only acknowledging it when he felt oppressed by it, otherwise pretending…

— Brit Bennett

“White fear emanates from knowing that white privilege exists and the anxiety that it might end.”

— Chris Hayes

“She had never been afraid to be Black in a White world, and she had sure taken a lot of abuse because of it.”

— Sandra Kitt

“The white man's cruelest trick was not to conquer or even enslave, but simply to soften, weaken and corrupt every culture or people he…

— Tom Cain

“The white culture rewarded cruelty with honor and friendship.”

— Karen Joy Fowler

“I had never seen a white man filled with such fear. The remarkable truth, however, was that it was not the pistol, but my…

— Percival Everett

“he hated the white men who interfered with the manly pursuits of throat-cutting, kidnapping, slave-dealing, and fire-raising,”

— Jose Conrad

“He remembers that with each modest advance the white population promptly raises the argument that the Negro has come far enough. Each step forward…

— Martin Luther King Jr

“He had no racial feeling—not because he was superior to his brother civilians, but because he had matured in a different atmosphere, where the…

— E.M. Forster

“White people can be so unself-conscious. It’s offensive, charming, and pathetic, all at the same time.”

— Barbara Browning

“WHY DO I ALWAYS END UP WITH WHITE PEOPLE?”

— Debby Irving