- Men
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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
- Poetry
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- Nov 07, 2020
My films are an extension of my poetry, using the white screen like the white page to be filled with images.
- Know
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- Nov 07, 2020
You don't need to know who's playing on the White House tennis court to be a good president.
- College Education
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- Nov 07, 2020
Now Dave Eggers, if you lived in San Francisco, is not an easy person to be done with. Everyone - and by everyone, I mean every white person with a college education and an interest in books - wants a piece of him. It's not just his amazingly powerful prose; it's also his charitable works.
- Nation
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- Nov 07, 2020
Some people in this nation believe that race is a significant factor in the constant attacks against President Obama. Others believe that these attacks reflect only the normal level of criticism aimed at the occupant of the White House.
- Differential
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- Nov 07, 2020
Given the historical power differential between blacks and whites, blacks are required to be attentive to the way their white counterparts see themselves in relation to people of color if they want to survive and even thrive.
- Dinner
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- Nov 07, 2020
If the Trump White House and their allies in the media want to have this conversation about decency, I welcome them to the table to talk about it. But there's a bunch of stuff that they need to get caught up on before we get to a comedian at the White House dinner.
- Love
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- Nov 07, 2020
The thing is: Yes, I'm white and yes, I love African music, and I can't do anything about it.
- Me
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- Nov 07, 2020
I don’t want a middle-aged white man telling me how to write my feelings. It’s not gonna work for me.
- Courted
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- Nov 07, 2020
Blacks as a group have voted Democratic since the 1930s. The GOP has not courted them in any real way since the 1960s, focusing instead on attracting white constituencies hostile to civil rights and African-Americans in general.
- Living
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- Nov 07, 2020
Can anyone understand how it is to have lived in the White House and then, suddenly, to be living alone as the President's widow?
- Old
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- Nov 07, 2020
A new breed of Republicans has taken over the GOP. It is a new breed which is seeking to sell to Americans a doctrine which is as old as mankind - the doctrine of racial division, the doctrine of racial prejudice, the doctrine of white supremacy.
- Me
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- Nov 07, 2020