"To believe that the United States is post-racial……" — Tim Wise
"To believe that the United States is post-racial requires an almost incomprehensible inability or unwillingness to stare truth in the face."
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34 Quotes by Tim Wise
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- Ignorance of how we are shaped racially is the first sign of privilege. In other words. It is a privilege…
- People never hurt others in moments of personal strength and bravery, when they are feeling good about themselves, when they…
- There won’t be any more white folks around who think the 1950s were the good old days, because there won’t…
- You can't organize people if you don't love them. And however hard it can be to love the racist you…
- People of color have to do this work as a mater of everyday survival. And so long as they have…
- The denial of racism is a form of racism itself.
- As a writer, there are times when you have something to say, and yet no particular 'hook' upon which to…
- It's hard to say when or if we will actually arrive at that place called 'post-racial', or, better yet, post-racism.
- Being asked to describe what 'post-racial' means is a bit like being asked to describe a leprechaun, cold fusion or…
- The power of resistance is to set an example: not necessarily to change the person with whom you disagree, but…
- What whites have rarely had to think about—because being the dominant group, we are so used to having our will…
- After all, acknowledging unfairness then calls decent people forth to correct those injustices. And since most persons are at their…
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