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White Quotes

Honest reflections on identity and race.

This collection gathers personal reflections on racial identity, including memories of growing up in a mostly separate community and the ongoing search for roles that were written with a different actor in mind. It connects to broader conversations in our Black quotes.

I was tagged early as the prototypical white player, the guy with the intangibles - the smart player, the guy who did all the right things.

Quotes by Kevin Love

I don't enjoy living in a white box flooded with light. I like shadows, small spaces, old furniture.

Quotes by Kevin McCloud

Here's the thing. We do a movie with a predominantly black cast, and it's put in a category of being a black film. When other movies are done with a predominantly white cast, we don't call them a white film....

Quotes by Kevin Hart

No civil rights movement has gotten anywhere without the help of white liberals.

Quotes by Kenya Barris

I've never seen Ralph Lauren, Rick Owens, or Raf Simons described as white designers. They are just designers.

Quotes by Kerby Jean-Raymond

They don't always use dwarfs, unfortunately. They shouldn't be allowed to do that! How dare they do 'Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs' and not have dwarfs!

Quotes by Kenny Baker

Light-skinned privilege is largely through a white lens. It is exploited by oppressive forces... It was always a facade.

Quotes by Kendrick Sampson

Nobody wanted to run back kicks until you saw Billy 'White Shoes'' Johnson.

Quotes by Ken Griffey Jr.

The tobacco markets I worked in were segregated. If you went to the bathroom, there was 'White,' there was 'Colored,' and there was 'Other.' I grew up in that.

Quotes by Kelvin Sampson

It's funny that all these goths paint their faces with such white make-up and that is the actual colour of my skin, I am that pale!

Quotes by Kelly Osbourne

I look at that person and I'm like, That's not Kelli White. That's not who I am, who I started out to be.

Quotes by Kelli White

Theatre is an exclusive place that tends to be dominated by white men, or dying white men.

Quotes by Katori Hall

My friend once sculpted me a bust of Admiral Ackbar from 'Star Wars.' He's my favourite character in the films after Han Solo. He's that goldfish-type alien in the white costume. 'It's a trap!' I'm a big geek.

Quotes by Katie McGrath

The pay gap is a myth, and the pay gap is something that the White House used in 2012 to get Barack Obama elected. It's something obviously that Terry McAuliffe used to get himself elected, and it plays on this...

Quotes by Katie Pavlich

Democrats didn't just lose the 2016 presidential election, they lost seats across the country at every level of government under Obama's tenure in the White House.

Quotes by Katie Pavlich

Your white uniform as a black domestic was your ticket anywhere in town.

Quotes by Kathryn Stockett

I grew up in the 1970s, but I don't think a whole lot had changed from the '60s. Oh, it had changed in the law books - but not in the kitchens of white homes.

Quotes by Kathryn Stockett

That white uniform was her 'pass' to get into white places with us - the grocery store, the state fair, the movies. Even though this was the 70s and the segregation laws had changed, the 'rules' had not.

Quotes by Kathryn Stockett

I'd love to paint our roof white - it's so hot down here in Texas! - and I'd love to have a rainwater collection system to save rain runoff for later. I also love to fantasize about keeping chickens in...

Quotes by Katherine Center

I could see myself in a white nurse's uniform, working unnoticed for many years and at last dying, unknown, unmarried and unsung.

Quotes by Kate Smith

Frequently Asked Questions

What perspectives does this collection of White quotes offer?
These are genuine personal reflections on race, identity, and belonging: growing up in a Cherokee family that lived apart from white neighbors, aspiring to the kind of range actors like Denzel Washington or Jodie Foster get, noticing casual racism secondhand among friends, and a play on words about moving between very different worlds. If you're interested in complementary perspectives, our Black collection is a natural next stop.
Is there a quote about growing up with a segregated experience?
Yes — one quote recalls, "I came from a family that was pretty insularly Cherokee. We kept to ourselves - the white people were there, and we were here, and it was practically a segregated kind of thing." It's a direct, personal account of a divided community growing up.
Is there a quote about aspiring to the kind of roles typically written for white actors?
There is. One quote shares an aspiration "to find scripts written for white actors - or Jodie Foster, who reads scripts for male actors," citing Denzel Washington as an example of someone who does this. It's a thoughtful reflection on range and opportunity in acting.
Is there a quote about experiencing racism secondhand?
Yes — one quote describes it plainly: "My encounters with racism are sort of second-hand situations where I might be standing around with a group of white friends and someone makes a comment that they wouldn't make at my family reunion." It's an honest, specific account rather than a general statement about race relations.
Is there a quote that plays with the phrase 'White House'?
Yes — one quote uses wordplay to make a point about identity: "I can dine at the White House, but I can still hang at the 'hood." It's a clever line about moving comfortably between very different worlds. For a related contrast, see our Black And White collection, or our House collection for more on the word 'house.'

One entry describes a secondhand brush with a racist remark made among friends, a moment worth reading alongside our Black And White quotes, while a lighter closing line plays on the phrase White House, tying into our House quotes.