“Today, we've got what seems to me to be binary-choice politics: black and white, ones and zeros, either you are with me or against me. How did we get here?” SeemsTodayChoicesBlackWhiteBlack And WhiteBinary Author:David E. Hoffman
“Who is it needs such flawless shafts as fate? What archer of his arrows is so choice, or hits the white so surely?” NeedsChoicesWhiteFateArrowsFlawlessArcher Book:The poetical works of James Russell Lowell Source: The poetical works of James Russell Lowell
“It seems to me that obliviousness about white advantage, like obliviousness about male advantage, is kept strongly inculturated in the United States so as to maintain the myth of meritocracy, the myth that democratic choice is equally available to all. Keeping most people unaware that freedom of confident action is there for just a small number of people props up those in power and serves to keep power in the hands of the same groups that have most of it already.” PeopleStatesHandsSeemsActionChoicesWhiteUnitedNumbersUnited StatesGroupsRacismAdvantageDemocraticMalesAvailableMythPropsWhite PrivilegeSmall NumbersMeritocracy Author:Peggy McIntosh
“We've been waiting since 1918 for the Boston Red Sox to win the World Series, and ... if I had a choice between the White House and the World Series this year, I'm going to take the White House. How's that?” IfsWorldYearsChoicesHouseWinningWaitingWhiteRedSeriesWhite HouseBostonWorld SeriesBoston Red Sox Author:John F. Kerry
“In a culture defined by shades of gray, I think the absolute black and white choices in dark young adult novels are incredibly satisfying for readers.” ThinkingYoungChoicesCultureBlackDarkWhiteNovelReaderAdultsAbsolutesYoung AdultDefinedGrayShadeSatisfyingBlack And WhiteShades Of Gray Author:Maggie Stiefvater
“Up until the middle to late '60s, it was a choice to film in black-and-white or color. But then television became so vital to a film's finance, and television won't show black-and-white. So that killed it off, really.” ShowsFilmChoicesBlackWhiteMiddleTelevisionColorLateFinanceBlack And White Author:John Boorman
“We black women must forgive black men for not protecting us against slavery, racism, white men, our confusion, their doubts. And black men must forgive black women for our own sometimes dubious choices, divided loyalties, and lack of belief in their possibilities. Only when our sons and our daughters know that forgiveness is real, existent, and that those who love them practice it, can they form bonds as men and women that really can save and change our community.” KnowsMenRealSometimesFormChoicesBeliefWomenBlackCommunityWhitePracticeDoubtPossibilitySonRacismDaughterMen And WomenSlaveryForgivingLoyaltyConfusionDividedWhite ManBlack WomenOur CommunityOur DaughterDubious Book:Saving Our Sons Source: Saving Our Sons
“I shall set forth for somewhere, I shall make the reckless choice Some say when they are in voice And tossing so as to scare The white clouds over them on, I shall have less to say, But I shall be none.” ChoicesVoiceWhiteCloudsScareRecklessWhite Clouds Author:Robert Frost
“I've long said that if I were about to be executed and were given a choice of my last meal, it would be bacon and eggs. There are few sights that appeal to me more than the streaks of lean and fat in a good side of bacon, or the lovely round of pinkish meat framed in delicate white fat that is Canadian bacon. Nothing is quite as intoxicating as the smell of bacon frying in the morning, save perhaps the smell of coffee brewing.” IfsLongSaidWould BeLastsChoicesGivenSidesWhiteMorningFoodSightCookingRoundsSmellCoffeeLovelyFatsAppealsMeatMealsEggsCulinaryDelicateStreaksFramedBrewingFrying Author:James Beard