"It seems to me that obliviousness about white advantage, like obliviousness about male advantage, is kept strongly inculturated in the United States so as to maintain the myth of meritocracy, the myth that democratic choice is equally available to all. Keeping most people unaware that freedom of confident action is there for just a small number of people props up those in power and serves to keep power in the hands of the same groups that have most of it already."

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Source : "White Privilege and Male Privilege: A Personal Account of Coming To See Correspondences through Work in Women's Studies". 1988.

Peggy McIntosh

#Hands Quotes #White Privilege Quotes #Numbers Quotes

“We're entertainers, while people want us to be gods.”
“If God made me a princess, why didn't he take a little more time and make my hair so it wouldn't snarl?”
“It is because he was unhappy that God created the world.”
“A play is fiction and fiction is fact distilled into truth.”
“Art has more ego to it than what I do.”

Source : "Eva Zeisel's Century", www.wired.com. December 12, 2006.
“I write in the morning, I walk in the afternoon and I read in the evening. It's a very easy, lovely life.”
“So much business is based on the belief that we should do whatever we can within legal limits to make as much money as we can. Ben & Jerry's was based on values, and we try to operate a business that not just sells ice cream but partners with all our stakeholders - whether that's suppliers or customers - to bring about a more sustainable world.”

Source : "Ice-cream icon Jerry Greenfield shares his top tips for business startups". Interview with Matthew Jenkin, www.theguardian.com. June 21, 2013.
“I really don't have no regrets. I think that where I am in the stage of my career and in my life made me who I am today.”

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