Aisha Thomas

“In Britain and other White-majority countries, only White people can be racist because only White people have control over systems of power in this country. Black, Asian and minoritised people do not have control over any systems of power that could result in all White people being discriminated against. Whilst a Person of Colour can make negative statements about White people that reference the colour of their skin, this is not racism asit is not accompanied by a racist system of power. It exists simply as an 'incident' of racialised prejudice and has no real impact on White people other than, perhaps to trigger White fragility in those who hear or read it.”
― Aisha Thomas, Representation Matters: Becoming an anti-racist educator

“Ethnicity is often mistakenly associated exclusively with People of Colour, particularly in its use in 'official' terms such as BAME but equally when White people refer to 'ethnic clothes' or 'ethnic food'. However, ethnicity is a term that refers to any group of people who share an intersection of several factors of identity........ As such there are a range of ethnicities within the White population. eg Cornish ethnicity.”
― Aisha Thomas, Representation Matters: Becoming an anti-racist educator