White privilege

White is a metaphor for power, and that is simply a way of describing Chase Manhattan Bank.

— White privilege

I can't condition myself to see or to rebel against institutional privilege if I can't first see them in myself.

— White privilege

Whites have inherited wealth that was ostensibly generated on the backs of African Americans. What's passed down through generations is an abdication of responsibility for this legacy and for the spoils that even working-class whites continue to reap from it. The situation is akin to finding a bloodied bag of money at your doorstep every month and spending it freely without seriously questioning where it came from or whose blood has been spilled to make it possible.

— White privilege

American families are in the process of passing along a $9 trillion legacy from one generation to the next. ... Hand in hand with this money, I submit, what is really being handed down from generation to generation is the profound legacy of reproducing racial inequality. The legacy is difficult to discern because the language of family heritage hides it from our political consciousness.

— White privilege

It's impossible for a white person to believe in capitalism and not believe in racism.

— White privilege