White Tears Quotes

“White feminist tears deploy white woundedness, and the sympathy it generates, to hide the harms we perpetrate through white supremacy. These tears are not just personal; they are political too.”
― Alison Phipps, Me, Not You: The Trouble with Mainstream Feminism

“And white tears are why 63 percent of white men and 53 percent of white women elected a malignant man-child as their leader. For to be aware of history, they would be forced to be held accountable, and rather than face that shame, they'd rather, by any means necessary, maintain their innocence.”
― Cathy Park Hong, Minor Feelings: An Asian American Reckoning