Civilization Quote by Mark Twain

“The Whites always mean well when they take human fish out of the ocean and try to make them dry and warm and happy…

— Mark Twain

When something really affects you, it's hard to find the humor in it sometimes. There's are a lot of reasons why there are so…

— Sarah Cooper

“I once sat down on a bench at Cape Town railway station where the notice "Whites Only" was obscured. A few moments later a…

— Bessie Head

It demonstrates to his simple mind in the most positive manner that we have no prejudice against him on account of his race, and…

— George Crook

'Dear White People' started a conversation about race. It's such a difficult thing to talk about, especially in America because of our history. I…

— Tessa Thompson

When a white man in Africa by accident looks into the eyes of a native and sees the human being (which it is the…

— Doris Lessing

People basically aren't that racist. They want their laughs. If I make a white guy laugh, he's gonna come see me. He's not gonna…

— Chris Rock

“The white man's cruelest trick was not to conquer or even enslave, but simply to soften, weaken and corrupt every culture or people he…

— Tom Cain

There is a little bit of Hitler in all white people.

— Khalid Abdul Muhammad

“The white man comes, pale as the dawn, with a load of thought, with a slumbering intelligence as a fire raked up, knowing well…

— Henry David Thoreau

I mean, it makes me sick when I see a white man sitting there smiling at me being entertaining, man. When I know what…

— Miles Davis

“White people can be so unself-conscious. It’s offensive, charming, and pathetic, all at the same time.”

— Barbara Browning