“If whiteness were of no particular advantage, then having a fuller color wheel of skin tones would be purely a matter of celebration. But whiteness - just a drop of it - does still carry privilege. You learn that very young in America.” IfsDoeStillsMatterWould BeAmericaYoungParticularColorAdvantageSkinsPrivilegeToneWheelsCelebrationWhitenessSkin ToneColor Wheel Author:Eric Liu
“The more divided people of color are in a system of white supremacy/privilege, the weaker they will be, both individually and collectively.” PeopleWhiteColorPrivilegeDividedWhite SupremacySupremacy Author:Tim Tebow
“I believe that white people need to check themselves, account for their privileges, and undergo whatever interaction with communities of color with that understanding. They have to add up all those processes and articulate those privileges to try to equalize the historical process.” PeopleNeedsTryingBelieveI BelieveProcessUnderstandingCommunityWhiteColorAccountsAddHistoricalPrivilegeChecksInteraction Author:Bocafloja
“It isn't like we don't work with you because you are white, or not want anything to do with you. It is more like you have to check your privileges, the whites have the responsibility to put themselves at attention with the form they operate in with people of color and try to always lay out that pattern to connect with people and say, "I am conscious of my privileges and I am accounting for myself."” PeopleWantTryingFormWhiteAttentionResponsibilityColorLike YouConsciousLaysPrivilegePatternsChecksAccounting Author:Bocafloja
“This is really skin privilege, the ranking of color in terms of its closeness to white people or white-skinned people and its devaluation according to how dark one is and the impact that has on people who are dedicated to the privileges of certain levels of skin color.” PeopleCertainTermDarkWhiteLevelsColorSkinsImpactPrivilegeDedicatedClosenessRankingSkin Color Author:Toni Morrison
“I think white artists have a responsibility to be not only naming white supremacy, but to be using their power and privilege to support artists of color.” ThinkingArtistWhiteResponsibilitySupportColorPrivilegeWhite SupremacySupremacy Author:Vivek Shraya