Quotes About Privilege

L.A. burns, and so many other cities smolder, waiting for the hose that will flood gasoline over the coals, and we listen to politicians who fuel our hate and our narrow views and tell us it's simply a matter of getting back to basics while they sit in their beachfront properties and listen to the surf so they won't have to hear the screams of the drowning.

Ïf ye've ever the privelege of seeing a woman in her skin, gentlemen,he said, looking over his shoulder toward the door and lowering his voice confidentially, ÿe'll observe that the hair there grows in the shape of an arrow - pointing the way, ye ken, so as a poor ignorant man can find his way safe home.

Why is it when we see a white guy, we automatically think, 'Let's turn this dude into a star?'

I'm aware that not everybody gets that feeling of ease walking through the world that I have.

Language does not make one an elite.

I think that the elites have lived too long among themselves.

I think we could all be a bit more elitist.

I think a lot of Americans don't appreciate just what an incredible country this is, how lucky they are, how safe they are, how empowered they are.

Everyone is encouraged to see their lives, the world through the eyes of the rich.

I feel I'm entitled to my opinion, right or wrong.

As Americans, I think we're a very entitled bunch.

No one is entitled to anything.

Men feel they have a sense of power and entitlement over women.

sneer about it with my designer shoes and Ivy League pedigree.

Some patrons acted from respect or friendship for their clients, others from a sense of noblesse oblige, and yet others because the free people's gratitude could be profitable. Vulnerable black people paid premium prices for goods and services that white men and women bought cheaply. Landlords who rented land to black planters often exacted higher rents from them than they did from white tenants, just as employers who hired free black

The Cicada sing an endless song in the long grass, smells run along the earth and falling stars run over the sky, like tears over a cheek. You are the privileged person to whom everything is taken. The Kings of Tarshish shall bring gifts.

We are the gods of poverty, but why should we be ashamed in front of those gods of good fortune? We and they, all of us, have our own fates. Not only that, but while they are on friendly terms with emperors, aristocrats, feudal lords, the privileged class and, yes, wealthy townspeople, and provide them with different kinds of luxury and splendor, they're not intimate with men of virtue at all.

The university graduate has been schooled for selective service among the rich of the world. Üniversite bitirenler dünya vars?llar?na seçkin hizmetlerde bulunmalar? hedefiyle okutulmuÅŸlard?r.

A universidade moderna confere o privilégio de discordar apenas aos que foram testados e classificados como potenciais homens de dinheiro ou detentores de poder. Ninguém recebe um centavo dos fundos fiscais para formar-se nas horas vagas ou para educar outros, a não ser que possa comprová-lo com um certificado. As escolas escolhem para os estágios seguintes aqueles que, nos primeiros estágios do jogo, provaram ser bons investimentos para a ordem estabelecida.

Passé un certain point, plus d'énergie signifie moins d'équité. Au rythme du plus rapide moyen de transport, on voit gonfler le traitement de faveur réservé à quelques-uns aux frais des autres.

An analysis of gender reveals that control over knowledge and the accepted wisdom is truly men's power and privilege. Women are intruders, usurpers of something not belonging to them.

Modern invention has been a great leveler. A machine may operate far more quickly than a political or economic measure to abolish privilege and wipe out the distinctions of class or finance.

Party leaders stay in fancy hotels or take vacations, while rank-and-file members are hounded to donate the last dollar

Any man who has to ask about the annual upkeep of a yacht can't afford one.