“When you assume the goodness in one group is an exception but believe the goodness in your group is the norm, you're probably being prejudiced.” MoralityGoodnessNormalPrejudiceExceptionalism Author:Jamie Arpin-Ricci
“It is critical to note that our biases against the other are empowered less by our assumptions of their otherness and more by our assumptions about our own normality.” NormalBiasAssumptionsNormalityOthernessOtherHeteronormativityNormativeHeteronormative Author:Jamie Arpin-Ricci
“Deviant' is the weapon of the normative to discredit and demonize the Other.” NormalOthernessDevianceNormativityNormativeDeviant Author:Jamie Arpin-Ricci
“When you're accustomed to being considered 'normal', difference feels like a perversion.” NormalQueerPerversionDevianceHeteronormativityNormativeDeviantHeteronormative Author:Jamie Arpin-Ricci
“One of the deadliest tools of powerful systems is narrow definitions of what is "normal" and the reduction of difference to deviance.” NormalDevianceNormativityNormative Author:Jamie Arpin-Ricci
“Some things that are common should never become commonplace- usual, expected, the "norm". Hate crimes, for example, are increasingly common. Never stop being outraged by them.” HateJusticeCommonNormalRacismInjusticeLgbtqHate CrimeNormative Author:Jamie Arpin-Ricci