Hold fast Quote by Michael Eric Dyson

“The most radical action a white person can take is to acknowledge this denied privilege, to say, “Yes, you’re right. In our institutional structures,…

— Michael Eric Dyson

“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

“We tend to believe that accusations of privilege imply we have it easy, which we resent because life is hard for nearly everyone. Of…

— Roxane Gay

“Beloved, to be white is to know that you have at your own hand, or by extension, through institutionalized means, the power to take…

— 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

“Yet the average white person also has a responsibility. He has to resist the impulse to seize upon the rioter as the exclusive villain.…

— Martin Luther King Jr

The only way for white folks to reclaim the full arc of their humanity, the full trajectory of their ethical content, of their ethical…

— Michael Eric Dyson

White Privilege is the other side of racism. Unless we name it, we are in danger of wallowing in guilt or moral outrage with…

— Paula Rothenberg

“I must make two honest confessions to you, my Christian and Jewish brothers. First, I must confess that over the past few years I…

— Martin Luther King Jr

“...After all, acknowledging unfairness then calls decent people forth to correct those injustices. And since most persons are at their core, decent folks, the…

— Tim Wise

“While we recognize the deep roots white supremacy has in the consciousness of most white people, we do not believe that only a handful…

— Love and Rage

“White Americans cannot deny their long history of abusive transactions with people of color. These offenses, it should be noted out of fairness, can…

— Richard Kluger