74 Quotes by Tim Wise

In short, and let us be clear on it: race is not a card. It determines whom the dealer is, and who gets dealt.

Too often, systems of oppression turn those who are the targets of the oppression against one another.

Children are free moral agents and have a right to be exposed to a range of beliefs well beyond the rigid doctrinal confines of their parent's faith, and we have an obligation to insist that they be so exposed, at least in public schools, if not elsewhere.

Precisely because white denial has long trumped claims of racism, people of color tend to underreport their experiences with racial bias rather than exaggerate them.

Sadly, if President Obama is willing to ignore the pain of race-based discrimination and injustice so as to make whites comfortable - and this, after he has already been elected and the campaign is long over - then the likelihood he will ever speak the truth about these matters, let alone address them, shrinks to nearly zero.

Many times people will come through the door with good intentions but may not be willing to put in the work. They just want to see some results right away.

I think we can be a dangerous team.

We haven't played with the intensity on that end that we need. That's where we'll put our emphasis.

Stops at crucial times. That's what we need to win big games.