Because Quote by Michael Eric Dyson

“White supremacy is the societal excrement that fertilizes racial disparities in America. It distorts the reality of historical and present day factors that create…

— James A. Barlow

“White supremacy is a crime and a lie, but it's also a machine that generates meaning. This existential gift, as much as anything, is…

— Ta-Nehisi Coates

The system of white supremacy is intended to make folks of color doubt themselves, their intelligence, their abilities, their very sanity. And so it's…

— Tim Wise

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

— Becky Bond

Perhaps the biggest obstacle in destroying white supremacy is the hatred and hostility that Africans have for each other.

— Runoko Rashidi

All talks about legacies of white supremacy must be tied to empowering the lives of poor and working people as a whole. The black…

— Cornel West

I would like to say that whites jumped right behind Malcolm X. They’re makin’ a book about him, it’s required readin’ in all colleges…

— Muhammad Ali

“In ways so closely tied to an individual's sense of self that it may not be apparent, the set of assumptions, privileges, and benefits…

— Derrick Bell

“It is not a secret that most American and Western institutions and workplaces are very much like mountains: the higher one climbs, the whiter…

— Louis Yako

“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

“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

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