442 Quotes About Privilege

You're not under attack when others gain rights and privileges you've always had.

Privilege doesn't just insulate people from the consequences of their prejudice, it cuts them off from their humanity.

In later years, I confess that I do not envy the white boy as I once did. I have learned that success is to be measured not so much by the position that one has reached in life as by the obstacles which he has overcome while trying to succeed.

Blasphemy laws in Islamic countries force people there to stay quiet. If we also choose to be quiet because of self-imposed blasphemy laws, who will be left to speak? It is our responsibility and our duty and our privilege to speak our minds. People have died so that you and I can have the right to free speech. what a dishonour to their memory if we squander this gift they have given us.

To me bathtubs are the epitome of luxury. Either you have no money to own one or you have no time to use one.

The notion that I should be fine with the status quo even if I am not wholly affected by the status quo is repulsive.

Justice requires that you should not place the burdens of one man on the shoulders of another man, even though he is better able to bear them. In plainer words, that you should not make one set of men pay for what is used by another set of men.

Possession is a ruse and entitlement is a fallacy. Therefore, I am left with the singular fact that everything is a gift. And if I have one gift to give in exchange for these many gifts, maybe it’s the commitment to treat everything in like manner.

My fault started two decades ago, the first time I didn't vote, the umpteen times I told Jackie I was too busy to go on one of her marches or make posters or call my congressmen.