Invoke Quote by Robin DiAngelo

When the whites themselves are attacked, they believe in defending themselves and things of that sort.

— Malcolm X

Many white people sense that they are being blamed for the sins of white slave owners and imperialists merely through some lineage of ethnicity.…

— Claire Fox

Black people in America have to, for their own protection, develop a defense mechanism, and I just grew terribly tired of it. When you…

— Randall Robinson

Whites often respond defensively when linked to other whites as a group or 'accused' of collectively benefiting from racism, because as individuals, each white…

— Robin DiAngelo

“I suggest that those who live in the past don't want a confrontation with the present. I believe that white Americans welcome the present…

— Saul D. Alinsky

“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

Since the notion that we should all forsake attachment to race and/or cultural identity and be “just humans” within the framework of white supremacy…

— Bell Hooks

“There is a big difference between the act of owning up to your part in perpetuating white privilege and the notion that you alone,…

— Michael Eric Dyson

We whites who position ourselves as liberal often opt to protect what we perceive as our moral reputationsrather than recognize or change our participation…

— Robin DiAngelo

“It is the dream of every white person to be able to resolve all conflicts by complaining to unrelated parties. Because of this, white…

— Christian Lander

The problem with hatred and violence is that they intensity the fears of the white majority, and leave them less ashamed of their prejudices…

— Martin Luther King, Jr

To counter the fixation on a rhetoric of victimhood, black folks must engage in a discourse of self-determination.

— Bell Hooks