Tamara Ecclestone Quotes

I've been taught that human nature is such that the place of privilege most often and most naturally leads to a sense of entitlement. The notion that I deserve to be treated as special because I'm privileged. The truth is, privilege should never lead to entitlement.

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.

Those who are privileged have little regard for history.

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

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.

Being a straight white guy in his, like, early twenties - there's some sort of thing about it. A sort of privilege, a sort of anger or something. You just say some really stupid things.

Liberals feel unworthy of their possessions. Conservatives feel they deserve everything they've stolen.

People always want to think that because you're not from a certain circumstance, you can't relate. That's ridiculous.

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.

It's not even race; it's a certain type of person that gets 'Pootie Tang.'

People look at me, and they go, 'You're white, you're smart, you must have went to college. You must have grown up with money.'

George W. Bush has helped those who have most, hurt those who have least and ignored everyone in between.

Demoralization is something I know a great deal about, all my life I have got something for nothing. That is entirely due to luck and I think a great many members opposite are in the same position. We have all got something for nothing. The question is: are we demoralized? I am not demoralized.

Sadly, the pernicious ironies of privilege talk are generally lost on those who claim to be most aware of privilege.

I take much of the attacks and the criticism toward me as being very class-based, but as Americans we don't like to acknowledge that reality.

I am constantly accused of being 'First World.' So what should I do? I can't apologise for my environment, upbringing, aesthetic.

Sometimes I leave an encounter or a conversation hoping that I didn't come off as above my raisin' - hoping that I didn't make somebody feel bad for not having as much as we're fortunate to have.

Yeah, it is particularly upsetting to be called, whatever it was, sneery, or a snob, given the background I have.

When you have privilege, you have to been quiet and listen.

I like having my mistakes corrected, but I wonder if it's because you're forced to have a certain humility if you're not an affluent white man.

There are a lot of people who were born into immense privilege who pretend that they weren't.

Because of how I grew up and on 'Made In Chelsea,' I never had any challenge.

Discounting the ineffably repetitive homophobic barbs that I receive most days, Twitter trolls' most common gripe against me appears to be that I am 'posh.' Contrary to their unshakeable view, I was not born into the upstairs world.

The people who are the most powerful and have the most money sometimes don't value other people.

We live in a very classist society, and it's sad and depressing.