Brown people and black people and red people swarmed through our great halls, until those who were white looked simply faded-out human beings beside them. Indeed, I came to see that white is not a color in skin any more than in textiles, and if it had not quality, it had no value even for humanity. I saw that color in skin had a certain advantage in strength and warmth as a means of beauty.


Yesterdays in a Busy Life (ed. 1918)

Candace Wheeler Quotes

Brown people and black people and red people swarmed through our great halls, until those who were white looked simply faded-out human beings beside...

Brown people and black people and red people swarmed through our great halls, until those who were white looked simply faded-out human beings beside...

Brown people and black people and red people swarmed through our great halls, until those who were white looked simply faded-out human beings beside...

Brown people and black people and red people swarmed through our great halls, until those who were white looked simply faded-out human beings beside...