Quote by David Grann

The public, the whites - not just in Oklahoma, but across the United States - were transfixed by the Osage wealth which belied images…

— David Grann

“Many Osage, unlike other wealthy Americans, could not spend their money as they pleased because of the federally imposed system of financial guardians.”

— David Grann

“In ways so closely tied to an individual's sense of self that it may not be apparent, the set of assumptions, privileges, and benefits…

— Derrick Bell

“Many public officials are using the power of their offices to defy the law of the land. Through their irresponsible actions, their inflammatory statements,…

— Martin Luther King Jr

“Narratives of racial exceptionality obscure the reality of ongoing institutional white control while reinforcing ideologies of individualism and meritocracy. They also do whites a…

— Robin DiAngelo

“The most radical action a white person can take is to acknowledge this denied privilege, to say, “Yes, you’re right. In our institutional structures,…

— Michael Eric Dyson

“Whiteness has privilege and power connected to it, no matter how poor you are.”

— Michael Eric Dyson

Poor privileged white men. Their stranglehold on power is slowly being loosened.

— Madeleine M. Kunin

“Chances are that there are white people who brag about being the first to move out of a suburb that has been intruded by…

— Mokokoma Mokhonoana

“The white people are crazy. They all want to be rich, same as we do, but they do not admit to themselves that you…

— Philipp Meyer

“The Whitelaw shifters were clannish by nature and generally unhappy with their lot.  Even in the freedom of the United States, they greedily wanted…

— C.L. Bevill