- 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
- People
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- Nov 07, 2020
Even if it's a white crowd, I tell my jokes for the four black people in the room, not the 100 whites.
- Know
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- Nov 07, 2020
I've been the best player on every team that I played on, so if I can't be the poster child of your team, then what else is it? It's got to be a black-white issue. Every white player I know who's the best player on their team is the poster child of that team.
- Equated
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- Nov 07, 2020
Citizens standing up for equality and freedom can never be equated with white supremacists, neo-Nazis, and the KKK.
- Freedom
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- Nov 07, 2020
From the U.S. Capitol Building to the White House, our national symbols that represent freedom to so many of us, were built by people who were anything but free.
- Grabbed
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- Nov 07, 2020
To be honest, I haven't seen much serious budget planning since the Republicans took control of the House after the 2010 elections and grabbed onto the Senate filibuster. It's not the White House's fault that John Boehner couldn't deliver on a bigger deal.
- Light
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- Nov 07, 2020
When the shot is afterwards subjected to white light, colour appears because of selective reflection.
- Myself
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- Nov 07, 2020
I see myself as a hip-hop artist, but I never wanted to make music for a specifically white audience. That's not what I grew up around.
- Battle
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- Nov 07, 2020
Suddenly, at about ten o'clock, a dull thud sounded somewhere far away from us, and simultaneously we saw a small white round cloud about half a mile ahead of us where the shrapnel had exploded. The battle had begun.
- Bold
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- Nov 07, 2020
In the early days, we just wore black onstage. Very bold, my dear. Then we introduced white, for variety, and it simply grew and grew.
- Glow
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- Nov 07, 2020
All at once the cockpit lit up with a sort of white glow because your entry was at 25,000 miles an hour and it was ionising some of the first particles of air you had. So it was kinda a little bit like being inside a weak neon bulb.
- Boy
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- Nov 07, 2020
I've never seen baseball advertise for a job, and I've never heard of whites applying for a job. I mean, there's an old boy network, and it's lily white.
- Horse
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- Nov 07, 2020