Marginalized Quote by Luvvie Ajayi

Racism has two primary functions: the oppression of people of color, which most people recognize, but also the simultaneous elevation of white people. You…

— Robin DiAngelo

“I understand we all have our differences. But while learning about history I've read about white people coming together, Jews coming together, Spanish coming…

— Jonathan Anthony Burkett

“Blacks have the most to gain from Stand Your Ground laws, and there is no evidence that the laws are applied in any way…

— John R. Lott Jr

“It is not a secret that most American and Western institutions and workplaces are very much like mountains: the higher one climbs, the whiter…

— Louis Yako

“The idea of white privilege forces white people who aren’t actively racist to confront their own complicity in its continuing existence. White privilege is…

— Reni Eddo-Lodge

If your white privilege and class privilege protects you, then you have an obligation to use that privilege to take stands that work to…

— Ayelet Waldman

It's understandable why a minority that was treated as badly as blacks in this country have been for so long would, when they finally…

— Bill Maher

Sometimes black people really want to hold onto our oppression - 'This is ours! This belongs to us.' You can't just talk about equality…

— Wanda Sykes

“Racism is not always white hoods and burning crosses. It is on Wall Street and on Capitol Hill. It’s in public policies and financial…

— Luvvie Ajayi

There's still a lot of racism in stand-up.

— Frankie Boyle

“racism refers to the belief in a natural hierarchy that places blacks at the bottom, and the tendency of whites to judge their own…

— Arlie Russell Hochschild

Given the historical power differential between blacks and whites, blacks are required to be attentive to the way their white counterparts see themselves in…

— James A. Forbes