Life Quote by Roxane Gay

“When people wield accusations of privilege, more often than not, they want to be heard and seen. Their need is acute, if not desperate,…

— Roxane Gay

“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

“Privilege means that it’s easy for white women to do each other favors. Privilege means that those of us who need it the least…

— Lindy West

“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

“Privilege is when you contribute to the oppression of others and then claim that you are the one being discriminated against.”

— DaShanne Stokes

You can't control the fact that you are born a white man or born into wealth. When people say, 'Check your privilege,' they're saying,…

— Roxane Gay

The most glaring aspect of white privilege is that when someone is described neutrally - without indicating color or ethnicity - more often than…

— Luvvie Ajayi

“White privilege is an absence of the consequences of racism. An absence of structural discrimination, an absence of your race being viewed as a…

— Reni Eddo-Lodge

“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

“Whiteness has privilege and power connected to it, no matter how poor you are.”

— 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

“Privilege is when you can afford to sit back and criticize others who have to fight for the things you take for granted.”

— DaShanne Stokes