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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
- Like
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- Nov 07, 2020
I once went to Alba, Italy, during their white truffle festival, and I was like, 'Just leave me here!'
- Fools
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- Nov 07, 2020
Eloquence, n. The art of orally persuading fools that white is the color that it appears to be. It includes the gift of making any color appear white.
- Poets
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- Nov 07, 2020
Revolution is glorified by intellectuals, apotheosized by poets, sanctified by visionaries, and bled white by politicians.
- House
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- Nov 07, 2020
Almost the first thing Obama did in the White House was to return the bust of Winston Churchill to the British embassy. That suggests a major re-ordering of things. It'll be fascinating to see what happens from now on. It was a genuine break with the recent past - perhaps to re-connect with the past past.
- City
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- Nov 07, 2020
I was put in White City children's home when I was 15.
- People
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- Nov 07, 2020
If you're from Virginia, then you know some white people from Poquoson don't like black people.
- Day
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- Nov 07, 2020
Though Washington had closed down for the holidays, the next day, December 26, a key message from Hanoi brought Kissinger racing back to his office. It was the signal the White House had anxiously been awaiting; it was also the day of one of the biggest raids by the giant B-52s.
- House
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- Nov 07, 2020
I have been talking nonstop about the symbolism of an edible landscape at the White House. I think it says everything about stewardship of the land and about the nourishment of a nation.
- Food
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- Nov 07, 2020
Basically, the person in the White House should be principled, should have a philosophy about food that relates directly to organic agriculture. I will continue to push for that.
- School
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- Nov 07, 2020
Growing up in a school that was majority white, my understanding of the world was that I was different but that differences shouldn't be talked about because it's uncomfortable.
- Country
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- Nov 07, 2020
As you keep pulling back the layers of how deeply rooted anti-blackness and white supremacy are in this country, it is exhausting, and it is traumatizing.
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- Nov 07, 2020
Both Alton Sterling and Philando Castile had guns on them, which is part of their Second Amendment right. It is a part of a culture that is largely protected by special-interest groups like the N.R.A., but the right to bear arms, it seems, only exists for white people.
- Man
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- Nov 07, 2020
Now, there doesn't have to necessarily be a white man in the lead role. That's the way forward. That's diversity. It's cool if an Indian is playing the lead role in a Hollywood project, and we should be proud of this.
- God
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- Nov 07, 2020