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Charles Mills

Charles Mills Gayley (February 22, 1858 – July 25, 1932) was a professor of English, the Classics, and Academic Dean of the University of California at Berkeley between the fall of 1889 and July 1932.

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Charles Mills Gayley (February 22, 1858 – July 25, 1932) was a professor of English, the Classics, and Academic Dean of...

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“People with advantages are loath to believe that they just happen to be people with advantages.””

“Freedom is not merely the opportunity to do as one pleases; neither is it merely the opportunity to choose between set alternatives. Freedom is, first of all, the chance to formulate the available choices, to argue over them -- and then, the opportunity to choose.””

“Whiteness is not really a color at all, but a set of power relations.””

The Racial Contract

“People with advantages are loath to believe that they just happen to be people with advantages.””

“Freedom is not merely the opportunity to do as one pleases; neither is it merely the opportunity to choose between set alternatives. Freedom is, first of all, the chance to formulate the available choices, to argue over them -- and then, the opportunity to choose.””

“Whiteness is not really a color at all, but a set of power relations.””

The Racial Contract

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The History of Chivalry; Or, Knighthood and Its Times, Volume 1 (of 2)
The History of Chivalry; Or, Knighthood and Its Times, Volume 2 (of 2)

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