"The areas in which I teach are working-class history and African-American Studies and at its best the critical study of whiteness often grows out of those areas. The critical examination of whiteness, academic and not, simply involves the effort to break through the illusion that whiteness is natural, biological, normal, and not crying out for explanation."

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Source : Source: www.counterpunch.org

David Roediger

#Break Through Quotes #Class Quotes #Effort Quotes

“The greater the struggle the more glorious the triumph”
“What can still that hunger of the heart which sickens the eye for beauty, and makes sweet-scented ease an oppression?”
“Never before has a populist democracy attained international supremacy. But the pursuit of power is not a goal that commands popular passion, except in conditions of a sudden threat or challenge to the public's sense of domestic well-being. The economic self-denial (that is, defense spending) and the human sacrifice (casualties, even among professional soldiers) required in the effort are uncongenial to democratic instincts. Democracy is inimical to imperial mobilization.”
“Don't worry about what you do not understand... Worry about what you do understand in the Bible, but do not live by.”
“I lived in Paris for six months when I was sixteen. It was a fend-for-yourself environment.”

Source : "Beau Garrett Is a Woman We Love". Interview with Tom Chiarella, www.esquire.com. November 16, 2010.
“Gods always love the people who make 'em.”
“Sovereignty must not be used for inflicting harm on anyone, whether citizen or foreigner.”
“So my son is very curious, which is fantastic. He loves school. So I don't have to encourage him too much, but I love to do it because I know it's meaningful and words are powerful.”

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