Ad-Rock Quotes

I think that liberal straight white men really need to stop patting themselves on the back for what they think they think and actually take a look at their actions.

I don't think that coming from a privileged background makes you this monster who doesn't feel things.

I especially don't want men coming up to me and asking if sexism still exists. It's like, I'm seriously gonna barf a McDonald's salad on the next person to do that.

I think I've been in situations where they looked at me and just see some rich white guy - they don't see me at all.

I love how when I say the world is still run by men, and sometimes I say the world is still run by white men, people gasp as if that's news. That's not news. That's obvious.

I don't think I'm a bigot or a racist. But I have a truck, a Blazer. I drink beer. There are some women I do hate.

A white man of authority don't ever want to admit to someone of colour they was wrong.

I'm someone very interested in diversity, equity, social justice, and getting rid of white supremacy.

I'm a white male, age 18 to 49. Everyone listens to me, no matter how dumb my suggestions are.

We white people think that we know everything.

I was never concretely aware of the extent of anti-Semitism in the United States and in the upper levels of the State Department.

I just think the most difficult thing to displace is privilege.

It is always open season on Christian and on white folks because they are the group you can kick and you can get away with it. It is politically correct.

Racism is a way to gain economic advantage at the expense of others. Slavery and plantations may be gone, but racism still allows us to regard those who may keep us from financial gain as less than equals.

If whiteness were of no particular advantage, then having a fuller color wheel of skin tones would be purely a matter of celebration. But whiteness - just a drop of it - does still carry privilege. You learn that very young in America.

I'm the result of upbringing, class, race, gender, social prejudices, and economics. So I'm a victim again. A result.

There's sort of a persistent misperception that talking about race is black folk's burden. Ultimately, only men can end sexism, and only white people can end racism.

People don't want to have to justify their privileges; they don't want to have to justify having access to the power and resource that wealth brings. And by not talking about it, they are able to hold onto their power without being questioned, and I think that makes them feel more secure.

You cannot talk about race without talking about privilege. And when people start talking about privilege, they get paralyzed by shame.

It's a real uphill challenge to battle the white-guyness.

While we dance in the streets and pat ourselves on the back for being a nation great enough to reach beyond racial divides to elect our first African-American president, let us not forget that we remain a nation still proudly practicing prejudice.

We don't have as much prejudice as we did 40 years ago, but today it is more educated.

I asked him if he ever hung out with black guys in high school and he said, 'Well, no. They always had these angry looks on their faces. Who wouldn't look ticked off having to deal with nitwits like him?

The worst moment in my life was when I was seven years old and I discovered that there was a thing such as racism. You don't know you're different until someone lets you know.

All the grand work was laid for people who came after me. The Supreme Court decided not to give it to me, so they gave it to two white guys. I think that's what they were waiting for.