“It was the winter after the most depressing election of my adult life, a low point for my faith in the polls, and I had started keeping an unofficial tally in my head of how much I trusted each new white person I met. It was a pitiful tally, because I had decided most of them would forgive anyone who harmed me, would worry more about vocal antiracism ruining the holiday party season and causing the cheese plates to go to waste than about the lives and sanity of the nonwhite humans in their midst.” PoliticsRaceCompassionCaringAfrican AmericansBlacksRace RelationsElectionsWhitesAntiracism Book:The Office of Historical Corrections Source: The Office of Historical Corrections
“Besides the tablecloths, the decor is all old photographs and postcards that they scrounged up from wherever, because you know how white people love their history right up until it's true.” TruthHistoryWhitesPostcardsPhotographs Book:The Office of Historical Corrections Source: The Office of Historical Corrections
“Boy-next-door, Rena knew, always meant white boy next door. When America has one natural blonde family left, its members will be trotted out to play every role that calls for someone all-American, to be interviewed in every time of crisis. They will be exhausted.” RacismStereotypesWhitesWhite PrivilegeBlondesAll American Book:The Office of Historical Corrections Source: The Office of Historical Corrections