“In the United States, we want to believe we will never become a country of refugees.” Quote by Nguyen Viet Thang
“Brains distinguish between an Us and a Them in a fraction of a second. Subliminal processing of a Them activates the amygdala and insular cortex, brain regions that are all about fear, anxiety, aggression, and disgust.” BrainAnxietyRegionsDisgustingAggressionFractionsProcessingActivateSubliminal Author:Robert M. Sapolsky
“Until you appreciate something crucial - It is incredibly easy to manipulate us as to who counts as an Us, who as a Them.” EasyAppreciateCrucialManipulate Author:Robert M. Sapolsky
“Immigrants, as troubling as they are to some people, are an integral part of what the American Dream is supposed to be. They're understandable to a considerable number of Americans.” PeopleDreamNumbersSupposed To BeImmigrantsAmerican Dream Author:Nguyen Viet Thang
“Refugees have been displaced by war or natural disaster or political catastrophes, and they are much more threatening because they are reminders to people that all the comforts that we take for granted can be taken away in just a moment.” PeopleHas BeensWarMomentsPoliticalNaturalTakenComfortDisasterGrantedCatastropheThreateningRefugeeRemindersNatural Disaster Author:Nguyen Viet Thang
“I hope that no American will waste his franchise and throw away his vote by voting either for me or against me solely on account of my religious affiliation. It is not relevant.” HopeReligiousWasteVoteAccountsVotingRelevantAffiliation Author:John F. Kennedy
“There's the complex categorization of low warmth/high competence. This is the hostile stereotype of Asian Americans by white America, of Jews in Europe, of Indo-Pakistanis in East Africa, of Lebanese in West Africa, of ethnic Chinese in Indonesia, and of the rich by the poor most everywhere. It's the same low-high derogation: They're cold, greedy, clannish - -but, dang, they're sure good at making money and you should go to one who is a doctor if you're seriously sick.” IfsShouldAmericaWhitePoorRichColdLowsEuropeDoctorsSickWestComplexesJewEastChineseMaking MoneyWarmthStereotypeGreedyHostileAsianCompetenceIndonesiaAsian AmericanWest AfricaCategorizationLebaneseEast Africa Author:Robert M. Sapolsky
“If you're a so-called minority writer, the temptation is to write for the majority... I refuse to do that.” IfsWritingMajorityRefuseTemptationMinorities Author:Nguyen Viet Thang
“The most important point of [Susan] Fiske's work is that it provides a taxonomy for our differing feelings about different Thems - sometimes fear, sometimes ridicule, sometimes contemptuous pity, sometimes savagery.” ImportantDifferentSometimesFeelingsPityRidiculeSavageryContemptuousTaxonomy Author:Robert M. Sapolsky
“If you care about your longevity and health, be a socially affiliated baboon who is better than high-ranking ones at walking away from provocations.” IfsCareWalkingLongevityWalking AwayProvocationRankingIf You CareBaboons Author:Robert M. Sapolsky
“We all seek out stress. We hate the wrong kinds of stress but when it's the right kind, we love it - we pay good money to be stressed by a scary movie, a roller coaster ride, a challenging puzzle.” KindHateChallengesPayStressScaryPuzzlesStressedRoller CoasterCoastersGood MoneyRoller Coaster Rides Author:Robert M. Sapolsky