Lack of control Quote by Jeremy A. Smith

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

— Clint Smith

When you're out of work and you can't buy a home or you've lost your home and you're worried about paying your bills, then…

— Barack Obama

“Stress is created when people are expected to produce outcomes that are beyond their control.”

— Liz Wiseman

If you have an economic system in which there must be a lower class, there must be unemployed. There must be a large pool…

— Howard Zinn

White people in North America live in a social environment that protects and insulates them from race-based stress. This insulated environment of racial protection…

— Robin DiAngelo

It became clear over time that white people have extremely low thresholds for enduring any discomfort associated with challenges to our racial worldviews.

— Robin DiAngelo

“Problem behaviors potentially are obstacles in both school and labor market, especially for the African American urban disadvantaged. White men, of both lower and…

— Karl Alexander

During the Great Depression, African Americans were faced with problems that were not unlike those experienced by the most disadvantaged groups in society. The…

— William Julius Wilson

“The bottom line is clear: harboring racist feelings in a multicultural society causes daily stress; this kind of stress can lead to chronic problems…

— Jeremy A. Smith

“The challenge is more difficult because low-income African Americans today confront not only segregation but also the income stagnation and blocked mobility faced by…

— Richard Rothstein

Racial prejudices are indication of a disturbed and potentially unstable society.

— Kenneth Clark

People of color, particularly African Americans, feel the stigma more keenly. In a race-conscious society, some don't want to be perceived as having yet…

— Bebe Moore Campbell