"Instead of accepting what James Baldwin called the "lie of whiteness," many people in lots of different fields and movement activities have tried to productively make it into a problem. When did (some) people come to define themselves as white? In what conditions? How does the lie of whiteness get reproduced? What are its costs politically, morally and culturally?"

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Source : Source: www.counterpunch.org

David Roediger

#Lying Quotes #White Quotes #People Quotes

“Pride, envy, avarice - these are the sparks have set on fire the hearts of all men.”
“As I grow older part of my emotional survival plan must be to actively seek inspiration instead of passively waiting for it to find me.”
“He wanted to play accordion on something of mine and I said you can play accordion, but I want you to play piano and organ on some stuff. He came over a couple times a week for two weeks and gave me therapy as to whether I should do The Thorns or not.”
“My encounters with racism are sort of second-hand situations where I might be standing around with a group of white friends and someone makes a comment that they wouldn't make at my family reunion.”
“I have no patience with anyone born after World War II. You have to explain everything to these people.”
“There is no ritual that enhances creativity other than just starting.”
“No other technology company other than Apple has successfully transitioned their platform. It's almost never done, and it's way harder than you realize. This transition is where tech companies go to die.”

Source : "RIM chiefs Mike Lazaridis and Jim Balsillie's best quotes" by Charles Arthur, www.theguardian.com. June 29, 2012.
“The Kyoto theorists have put the cart before the horse. It is global warming that triggers higher levels of carbon dioxide in the atmosphere, not the other way round.”

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