Susan Smith

“Hardly any aspect of my life, from where I had lived to my education to my employment history to my friendships, had been free from the taint of racial inequity, from racism, from whiteness. My racial identity had shaped me from the womb forward. I had not been in control of my own narrative. It wasn’t just race that was a social construct. So was I.”
― Tim Wise, White Like Me

“And let's just be honest, there is no such place called 'justice,' if by that we envision a finish line, or a point at which the battle is won and the need to continue the struggle over with. After all, even when you succeed in obtaining a measure of justice, you're always forced to mobilize to defend that which you've won. There is no looming vacation. But there is redemption in struggle.”
― Tim Wise, White Like Me: Reflections On Race From A Privileged Son

“Judge a man by his questions rather than by his answers.”
― Voltaire

“There are some things you can’t learn at any university, except for one, the University of Life... the only college where everyone is a permanent student.”
― E.A. Bucchianeri, Brushstrokes of a Gadfly