White Male Privilege Quotes

“historian and author James A. Percoco explains how Black slaves and other people of color “were faced with several choices during the War of 1812. They could either fight for the United States, a nation that professed equality and freedom but lacked delivery, watch from the sidelines, or take a chance to secure freedom by joining the British forces.”525 Despite the likely outcome of death, countless Black and Indigenous people chose to fight against America during both the American Revolution”
― David Goldenkranz, White Male Privilege: How This Happened and Why It's Even Worse than We Thought

“learned to speak with a more “American-sounding” accent—in a process known as accent reduction or accent neutralization training—just so that we feel more at ease talking to them.10 In a sense, it’s easiest to recognize what it means to “sound White” when we are provided with obvious examples of what Whiteness does not sound like.”
― David Goldenkranz, White Male Privilege: How This Happened and Why It's Even Worse than We Thought