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• Ignorance of how we are shaped racially is the first sign of privilege. In other words. It is a privilege to ignore…
• People never hurt others in moments of personal strength and bravery, when they are feeling good about themselves, when they are strong…
• There won’t be any more white folks around who think the 1950s were the good old days, because there won’t be any…
• You can't organize people if you don't love them. And however hard it can be to love the racist you come in…
• People of color have to do this work as a mater of everyday survival. And so long as they have to, who…
• The denial of racism is a form of racism itself.
• As a writer, there are times when you have something to say, and yet no particular 'hook' upon which to hang the…
• It's hard to say when or if we will actually arrive at that place called 'post-racial', or, better yet, post-racism.
• Being asked to describe what 'post-racial' means is a bit like being asked to describe a leprechaun, cold fusion or unicorns: we…
• The power of resistance is to set an example: not necessarily to change the person with whom you disagree, but to empower…
• What whites have rarely had to think about—because being the dominant group, we are so used to having our will done, with…
• After all, acknowledging unfairness then calls decent people forth to correct those injustices. And since most persons are at their core, decent…

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