Whites Quotes

214 Whites quotes by 162 unique authors

The relatively conscious whites and the relatively conscious blacks, who must, like lovers, insist on, or create, the consciousness of the others in order to… — James A. Baldwin
What whites have rarely had to think about—because being the dominant group, we are so used to having our will done, with a little effort… — Tim Wise
The problem, Mitch, is that we don't believe we are as much alike as we are. Whites and blacks, Catholics and Protestants, men and women.… — Mitch Albom
After all, acknowledging unfairness then calls decent people forth to correct those injustices. And since most persons are at their core, decent folks, the need… — Tim Wise
You don't stick a knife in a man's back nine inches and then pull it out six inches and say you're making progress ... No… — Malcolm X
And that's when Anna realized that what the wolf had been asking Bran for was death. Impulsively, Anna stepped away from Charles. She put a… — Patricia Briggs
Half of all broccoli grown commercially in America today is a single variety- Marathon- notable for it's high yield. The overwhelming majority of the chickens… — Michael Pollan
That's just how white folks will do you. It wasn't merely the cruelty involved; I was learning that black people could be mean and then… — Barack Obama
I want to yell so loud that Baby Girl can hear me that dirty ain't a color, disease ain't the Negro side a town. I… — Kathryn Stockett
Browns seek knowledge, Blues meddle in causes, and Whites consider the questions of truth with implacable logic. We all do some of it all, of… — Robert Jordan
When liberal whites fail to understand how they can and/or do embody white supremacist values and beliefs even though they may not embrace racism as… — Bell Hooks
The Whites have carried to these (colonial) people the worst that they could carry: the plagues of the world: materialism, fanaticism, alcoholism, and syphilis. Moreover,… — Adolf Hitler
The Constitution. . . illustrates the complexity of the American system: that it serves the interests of a wealthy elite, but also does enough for… — Howard Zinn
D'you ever wonder what it would be like if our positions were reversed?' I ask. At Jack's puzzled look I continue. 'If we whites were… — Malorie Blackman
Since the notion that we should all forsake attachment to race and/or cultural identity and be “just humans” within the framework of white supremacy has… — Bell Hooks
The present system under the control of the whites trains the Negro to be white and at the same time convinces him of the impropriety… — Carter G. Woodson
The snow drifted down and down, all in ghostly silence, and lay thick and unbroken on the ground. It was a place of whites and… — George R. R. Martin
At the time of his death, Biko had a wife and three children for which he left a letter that stated in one part: “I've… — Steven Biko
We've got to show that blacks and whites are treated equally in the army. Otherwise, what's the point of waging war on Hitler? — Josephine Baker
We cannot hope, then, in this generation, or for several generations, that the mass of the whites can be brought to assume that close sympathetic… — W. E. B. Du Bois
I was in yoga the other day. I was in full lotus position. My chakras were all aligned. My mind is cleared of all clatter… — Ellen DeGeneres
If I had my life over again I should form the habit of nightly composing myself to thoughts of death. I would practice, as it… — Muriel Spark
Because of the Civil Rights movement, new doors of opportunity and education swung open for everybody ... Not just for blacks and whites, but also… — Barack Obama
The masses of Negroes...particularly in the South, still breed carelessly and disasterously, with the result that the increase among Negroes, even more than among whites,… — Margaret Sanger
Few whites are ready to actively promote civil rights for blacks. — Derrick Bell

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