Paula Rothenberg Quotes:
Ocupation: Author
Life: b. 1943
White Privilege is the other side of racism. Unless we name it, we are in danger of wallowing in guilt or moral outrage with no idea of how to move beyond them. It is often easier to deplore racism and its effects than to take responsibility for the privileges some of us receive as a result of it… once we understand how white privilege operates, we can begin addressing it on an individual and institutional basis.
source: "White Privilege: Essential Readings on the Other Side of Racism". Book by Paula Rothenberg, 2002.
topic: Moving, Responsibility, Names, Moral Outrage, White Privilege, Wallowing
