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Love's Not Color Blind: Race and Representation in Polyamorous and Other Alternative Communities

Book by Kevin A. Patterson · 5 quotes · Intersectionality, Polyamory, Community Dynamics

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“Don't let discomfort silence you when your voice can lead to a better situation for all of us.”

Racism Polyamory Social Awareness Group Dynamics

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“No group wants to be known locally or widely as "the group that is thoughtlessly, carelessly or intentionally unwelcoming to people of color.”

Racism Intersectionality Polyamory Group Dynamics

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“Include and project the voices of underrepresented people in the spaces where their access is limited. Go love, and build, and restore, and speak, and engage, and create. Go be better and do better.”

Intersectionality Polyamory Community Dynamics Alternative Communities

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“If a group isn't being actively inclusive, it's being passively exclusive. This passive attitude results in lifestyle communities that do not reflect the local population.”

Intersectionality Polyamory Community Dynamics

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“Alternative lifestyle communities can easily become victim to cults of personality. Calling out problems in a community or running afoul of the wrong popular organizer, even for the right reasons, can lead to a social backlash.”

Polyamory Community Dynamics Alternative Lifestyles

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