- I Am
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- Nov 07, 2020
White Quotes
Honest reflections on identity and race.
This collection gathers personal reflections on racial identity, including memories of growing up in a mostly separate community and the ongoing search for roles that were written with a different actor in mind. It connects to broader conversations in our Black quotes.
- Last Updated on May 30, 2021
- Men
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- Nov 07, 2020
In closing I wish to say that while I was sorely beset by a number of white riders in my racing days, I have also enjoyed the friendship of countless thousands of white men whom I class as among my closest friends.
- Me
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- Nov 07, 2020
Baby, black promoters oppressed me before white promoters ever got hold of me. Don't talk skin to me.
- Civil Rights Movement
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- Nov 07, 2020
The tragedy of the civil rights movement is that just as it achieved the beginning of the end of racial segregation, white educated elites became swept up in the glamour of the sexual revolution.
- Me
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- Nov 07, 2020
I don't really identify myself as white or African-American. I'm just me. I'm Madison.
- Nov 07, 2020
I used to be Snow White, but I drifted.
- Person
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- Nov 07, 2020
Most often, qualifications are defined by the credentials of the person who last held the job. If that is to continue to be the litmus test, white males will continue to be the top choice on any list, if the interviewer is also a white male.
- Just
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- Nov 07, 2020
I'm not just a great white rapper. I'm a great rapper.
- Nov 07, 2020
What this White House really needs is a chief of staff who can read Machiavelli in the original Italian.
- Like
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- Nov 07, 2020
In China, we had some buildings that looked like the White House or wine bottles. All they seemed to represent was bad taste.
- Blue-Eyed
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- Nov 07, 2020
In Bosnia, the case was there were white, blond-haired, blue-eyed Muslims who were being slaughtered and identified as Muslims. That really touched me.
- Confused
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- Nov 07, 2020
Growing up, I was confused about my identity: I felt like I wasn't black enough to be black, but not white enough to be white.
- Nov 07, 2020
During grade school, we moved to a white, working-class suburb in San Diego, and there were no Mexicans.
- House
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- Nov 07, 2020
The GOP can't even envision winning the White House if we lose a significant percentage of the Hispanic vote.
- House
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- Nov 07, 2020
On Tuesday 26 July 2011, I was arrested in front of the White House along with a dozen other pro-immigrant advocates and clergy. We sat down on the sidewalk in front of the White House with a banner that read 'One Million Deported Under President Obama' and refused to move when the police ordered us to.
- House
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- Nov 07, 2020