"White people are so unappreciative, they don't even acknowledge and understand what it means to be white in Canada, and all the layers of privilege that come with that. So they're shocked when somebody says, 'What just happened is racist,' and they said, 'Oh no, couldn't possibly be.' They see racism as people with KKK gowns and pointy hoods with eyes cut out. And we had those too."

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Constance Backhouse

#Mean Quotes #Eye Quotes #Cutting Quotes

“The greatest efforts in sports came when the mind is as still as a glass lake.”
“True patriotism doesn't exclude an understanding of the patriotism of others.”
“I'm going to try really hard not to be bossy, but I've only done stand-up comedy and then my own show where you're the total boss of everything!”
“I am unable to rule anything out.”
“Moscow has an energy. Which is important. The city and the people all have an energy. It's quite different from what everybody knows in Los Angeles, but it has an energy. People have an energy.”
“In the wake of this disaster, the people of Louisiana, Mississippi, Alabama and Florida should know that the United States Congress stands ready to help them in their time of need,.”
“My father was the first to see through the schemes of the white man.”
“Wise people learn when they can; fools learn when they must.”

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