American history Quote by Michael Eric Dyson

“The irony of American history is the tendency of good white Americanas to presume racial innocence. Ignorance of how we are shaped racially is…

— Tim Wise

“Some of the American whites, moreover, are just as far behind in this respect as are the Negroes who have had less opportunity to…

— Carter G. Woodson

“Since White America refuses to see its past, they can't really see me either. Add to that a little of Madame C.J.s magic and…

— Mat Johnson

“The history of whiteness in America is one long scroll of affirmative action.”

— Michael Eric Dyson

“We need a new, deeper appreciation of the ethnic histories of the American people, not a reduction of American history to ethnic histories.”

— Anonymous

“Making the nation safe for white people could be more easily accomplished with the help of a whitewashed tale of its origins.”

— Jabari Asim

“you whites are so great that you disdain to remember your enemies.”

— Jose Conrad

“Yes, my friends, your hunger for history is still pretty segregated. Your knowledge of America often ends at the color line. You end up…

— Michael Eric Dyson

“All the authors I studied, all the historical figures, with the exception of George Washington Carver, and all those figures I looked upon as…

— Walter Dean Myers

“We also need to understand that white supremacy is at the heart of the problem—not just a racially associated economic inequality.”

— Becky Bond

“History honors the unique minority the majority cannot forget.”

— Suzy Kassem

“I asked [my grandfather] if there would ever be an America in which white Americans were not actively working to keep themselves positioned atop…

— Clint Smith