Tim Wise Quotes
Ignorance of how we are shaped racially is the first sign of privilege. In other words. It is a privilege to ignore the consequences of race in America.
Standing still is never an option so long as inequities remain embedded in the very fabric of the culture.
If you want to know if racism is a problem in your country, you might not want to ask white people.
Too often, systems of oppression turn those who are the targets of the oppression against one another.
Precisely because white denial has long trumped claims of racism, people of color tend to underreport their experiences with racial bias rather than exaggerate them.
You can't organize people if you don't love them. And however hard it can be to love the racist you come in contact with; doing so is the first obligation of a white antiracist.
I think for folks of color the key to combatting racism period is a) trusting their instincts and b) solidarity with one another.
There won't be any more white folks around who think the 1950s were the good old days, because there won't be any more white folks around who actually remember them.
Violating the 4th Amendment guarantees against illegal searches and seizures is not the way to solve crime problems.
It's hard to say when or if we will actually arrive at that place called 'post-racial', or, better yet, post-racism.
As a writer, there are times when you have something to say, and yet no particular “hook” upon which to hang the missive you are burning to release.
Genealogy itself is something of a privilege, coming far more easily to those of us for whom enslavement, conquest, and dispossession of our land has not been our lot.
