“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
“It's a privilege, you know, to paint and it takes up a lot of time and it means there's a lot of things you don't do. But still, with me, painting was more than a profession, it was also an obsession. I had to paint.” KnowsMeanStillsPaintingPaintPrivilegeProfessionObsession Author:Alice Neel
“I consider myself one of the most fortunate of men, to have lived at a time when some of the old Haidas and their peers among the Northwest Coast peoples were still alive, and to have had the privilege of knowing them.” MenStillsKnowingAliveGratitudePrivilegeFortunatePeersCoast Author:Bill Reid