About Quote by Melvin Van Peebles Download Open image “Whitey is uptight about offending blacks without really knowing what offends blacks.” — Melvin Van Peebles ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ 3.9 out of 5 (9 ratings) Copy quoteShare About Blacks Knowing Really Without
Over the years, I've found that dealing with white people faux pas can be tricky. If I get upset, I could quickly be labeled… — Franchesca Ramsey Copy Share Image
I heard a white writer say, 'Oh, I'd never put black people in my writing, I'm afraid I would offend someone by doing it… — Alice Mattison Copy Share Image
“There are white people who know how to act politely to blacks, but deep down you know they're uncomfortable. They're worse, more dangerous than… — Cristina García Copy Share Image
I have a pretty good sense of when to express misgivings. And white critics are just as capable of pointing those things out and… — Wesley Morris Copy Share Image
We live in a time of safe spaces, where micro-aggressions are monitored, where offending someone is the ultimate sin, where white people can't slip… — Tomi Lahren Copy Share Image
“Whites impose these rules on themselves because they know blacks, in particular, are so quick to take offense.” — Jared Taylor Copy Share Image
In my experience I haven't met too many uptight black people. I'm sure they're out there. Like I'm some big authority and I've lived… — Paul Reubens Copy Share Image
Talking about racism with white people can make white people very uncomfortable, Black people very uncomfortable. — Wunmi Mosaku Copy Share Image
It's no surprise that White people say things when they are together about Black people. — Henry Louis Gates Copy Share Image
All the books that were being published by African-American guys were saying 'screw whitey', or some variation of that. Not the scholars but the… — Toni Morrison Copy Share Image
Blatant hostility and racism toward whites is common among black youth. — Jesse Lee Peterson Copy Share Image
I went to a number of schools when I was a kid on the south side of Chicago. — Melvin Van Peebles Copy Share Image
Music or sound in a film is a character as important as another character. — Melvin Van Peebles Copy Share Image
I'm not a normal director. You can't look at me that way. What's kept me alive is my technical skill at doing other things. — Melvin Van Peebles Copy Share Image
Don't ask me something if you don't want to know. Because I will tell you. — Melvin Van Peebles Copy Share Image
I was a trader for a company. That's different from the brokers who we sort of disdain as sort of just errand boys. — Melvin Van Peebles Copy Share Image
After 'Don't Play Us Cheap,' I got very busy with theater and Wall Street. — Melvin Van Peebles Copy Share Image
The studios didn't really take independent films seriously, till 'Sweetback' was such a financial success. — Melvin Van Peebles Copy Share Image
I said to my kids, 'Learn the business of America if you want to be an artist in America. The rest of that stuff,… — Melvin Van Peebles Copy Share Image
If you give people something they want, they'll come and see it. — Melvin Van Peebles Copy Share Image
If you ask an introvert a question, wait until she thinks about it. Introverts think before speaking, not through speaking. If you want to… — Laurie Helgoe Copy Share Image
I talk to my mates about our kids, being too tired and being worn out. — Holly Willoughby Copy Share Image
With 'Pretty Girls,' I saw the opportunity to talk not just about crime but what crime leaves behind. — Karin Slaughter Copy Share Image
I write about presidents. That means I write about guys - so far. I'm interested in the people closest to them, the people they… — Doris Kearns Goodwin Copy Share Image
That's something a lot of folks don't know about me - I'm pretty darn funny. — Michael Jai White Copy Share Image
I don't think about the press or the crowds or the other leaders of the race. The focus is only on myself. As soon… — Magdalena Neuner Copy Share Image
Sport is not just about entertainment. It is equally about winning and losing, pooling and galvanising the energy of the youth, upgrading people's physical… — Nita Ambani Copy Share Image
One of the ways that I discovered my confidence and my ability to overpower is becoming a mother. Suddenly, my world wasn't about myself… — Lights Copy Share Image
I didn't want to do 'Fashion Police' because I thought, 'This is stupid, this is beneath me, who wants to talk about fashion?' It… — Joan Rivers Copy Share Image
I just worried about my weight. Worried about my appearance and thought I wan't pretty enough to be a pop star. It was very… — Judith Durham Copy Share Image
