Iris Rojas

“Every system of injustice depends on the silence, paralysis, confusion, and cooperation of those it seeks to eliminate or control.”
― Michelle Alexander, The New Jim Crow: Mass Incarceration in the Age of Colorblindness

“The example of a child publicly calling out a black man’s race and embarrassing the mother illustrates several aspects of white children’s racial socialization. First, children learn that it is taboo to openly talk about race. Second, they learn that people should pretend not to notice undesirable aspects that define some people as less valuable than others (a large birthmark on someone’s face, a person using a wheelchair).”
― Robin DiAngelo, White Fragility: Why It's So Hard for White People to Talk About Racism