Bigotry Quote by Joe Bageant

Many white Americans of good will have never connected bigotry with economic exploitation. They have deplored prejudice but tolerated or ignored economic injustice.

— Martin Luther King, Jr

“There aren't many white people around here, just us kids. Seventeen, eighteen years old and flushed with freedom, we don't care about fitting or…

— Jo Treggiari

“But it is very, very rare that young white Americans come across someone who tells them in harsh, unforgiving terms that they might be…

— Suzy Hansen

“These white people don’t, and will never give a shit about us, so do what you got to do to survive in this society,…

— Desiree M. Granger

“We white folks cling to such an abiding sense of entitlement that when things go amiss, we cannot let go of this tortuously sunny,…

— Lionel Shriver

“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

“You all know from past experiences that the white man only sees the bad that our people do to them. They are blind to…

— Violetta Botzet Luetgers

Hillbilly stereotypes have always made it easier for middle-class whites to presume that racism is the exclusive province of 'that kind' of person.

— Michelle Dean

“The worst sort of scoundrels took up the chase. Drunkards, incorrigibles, poor whites who didn’t even own shoes delighted in this opportunity to scourge…

— Colson Whitehead

“I hate all the white people. ... You are thieves and liars. You have taken away our land and made us outcasts.”

— Deanne Stillman

“The truth is, white rage has undermined democracy, warped the Constitution, weakened the nation’s ability to compete economically, squandered billions of dollars on baseless…

— Carol Anderson

“There is an ethnic component lurking in the background of my story. In our race-conscious society, our vocabulary often extends no further than the…

— J.D. Vance