History Quote by Mat Johnson

“One of the greatest privileges of whiteness is not to see color, not to see race, and not to pay a price for ignoring…

— Michael Eric Dyson

“There's more to blackness than bludgeoning people with memories of past atrocities and injustices or the discussion of how difficult it is to be…

— Touré

For radical white writers wishing to forge interracial movements of poor and working people, whiteness has also long been a problem, with Alexander Saxton…

— David Roediger

“Black and white are nothing more than lofty ideals in our minds, the standards by which we try to judge things, and map out…

— Anonymous

Whiteness is ownership of the earth.

— W. E. B. Du Bois

Whiteness in a racist, corporate-controlled society is like having the image of an American Express Cardstamped on one's face: immediately you are “universally accepted.”

— Manning Marable

“Everything around me was so starkly white that I began to believe that I would turn white sooner or later. I was quietly being…

— Nikesh Shukla

I believe that white people need to check themselves, account for their privileges, and undergo whatever interaction with communities of color with that understanding.…

— Bocafloja

“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

“... it's not whiteness itself that sets Them against Us, but the worship of whiteness. Same goes if you swap whiteness out for other…

— Helen Oyeyemi

“Understanding whiteness, regardless of class, is key to understanding racism.”

— Debby Irving

“Whiteness is an advantage and privilege because you have made it so, not because the universe demands it.”

— Michael Eric Dyson