- 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
- Building
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- Nov 07, 2020
They're building a bridge over the Potomac for all the white liberals fleeing to Virginia.
- Support
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- Nov 07, 2020
I don't support white supremacy. I'm the one who made them take 'white supremacy' off the roster that was the symbol of the Democratic Party in this state.
- Hell
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- Nov 07, 2020
When our thoughts - which bring actions - are filled with hate against anyone, Negro or white, we are in a living hell. That is as real as hell will ever be.
- Being
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- Nov 07, 2020
I'm really not an avowed heterosexual. I'm no more proud of it than of being white or tall.
- People
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- Nov 07, 2020
What people see the first family do has an effect. And from a slightly different aspect, I think that family living in the White House is going to have a profound effect on many Americans.
- Globalization
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- Nov 07, 2020
The base of the party, the middle-aged white working class, has suffered at least as much as any demographic group because of globalization, low-wage immigrant labor, and free trade. Trump sensed the rage that flared from this pain and made it the fuel of his campaign.
- Alive
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- Nov 07, 2020
White male privilege remains alive in America, but the phrase would seem odd, if not infuriating, to a sixty-year-old man working as a Walmart greeter in southern Ohio.
- Like
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- Nov 07, 2020
I don't think they need to be nice to reporters, but the White House seems to imagine that releasing information is like a tap that can be turned on and off at their whim.
- Men
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- Nov 07, 2020
The white men in the East are like birds. They are hatching out their eggs every year, and there is not room enough in the East, and they must go elsewhere; and they come out West, as you have seen them coming for the last few years.
- Me
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- Nov 07, 2020
I think I am the first person of color to direct a major white play on Broadway. In 1993? That's astounding to me. And horrifying to me.
- Black And White
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- Nov 07, 2020
The world doesn't see a lot of gray. The world sees black and white, and then it understands.
- Really
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- Nov 07, 2020
I'm really white trash.
- Drink
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- Nov 07, 2020
When we are thirsty, we drink the white waters of the pool, the sweetness of our mournful childhood.
- People
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- Nov 07, 2020
I've been fortunate in my career, but, yes, there have been many times when I have been told my audition has been cancelled because they're only going to see white people.
- East Asian
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- Nov 07, 2020