“There is no birthright in the white skin that it shall say that wherever it goes, to any nation, amongst any people, there the people of the country shall give way before it, and those to whom the land belongs shall bow down and become its servants.” PeopleWayGivingCountryNationsWhiteLandRacismSkinsDown AndServantBowsBirthrightWhite PrivilegeWhite Skin Book:Wake Up, India: A Plea for Social Reform Source: Wake Up, India: A Plea for Social Reform
“For many Native Americans across the land, the name of the Washington football team is a deeply personal reminder of a legacy of racism and generations of pain.” PainNamesGenerationsTeamLandFootballRacismLegacyNativeNative AmericanRemindersFootball Team Author:Dan Maffei
“I am fifty-two years of age. I am a bishop in the Anglican Church, and a few people might be constrained to say that I was reasonably responsible. In the land of my birth I cannot vote...” PeopleYearsMightAgeChurchLandBirthRacismVoteResponsibleBishopsWhite Skin Author:Desmond Tutu
“Puerto Ricans are Americans. We've been American citizens since 1917. We fought the same battles, made the same sacrifices. We've lost our land in the same way that Native Americans lost their land, and we've been the subject of discrimination and racism in the same way that African Americans have. We've suffered the full spectrum of oppression, and yet we've been off the map 4,000 miles away so we haven't even been able to argue our case.” WayMadeAbleLostCasesSacrificeLandSubjectsHavensCitizensBattleRacismArguingMilesDiscriminationOppressionAfrican AmericanNativeMapsNative AmericanSpectrumAmerican CitizensMiles AwayDiscrimination And Racism Author:Nelson Antonio Denis
“The black conservative is responsible for making people question an idea that racism must be extinct before black people can overcome. Understanding that our goal is to thrive despite racism rather than fetishizing it is, in fact, the central ideological plank of people deemed "black conservatives." This is a coherent position, but that can be hard to perceive, given the way that race has been discussed in our land over the past 40 years or so.” PeopleWayYearsHas BeensIdeasHardFactsPastGivenUnderstandingGoalBlackRaceLandPositionRacismOvercomingResponsibleConservativeDespitePerceiveThriveBlack PeopleIdeologicalOver The Past Author:John H. McWhorter