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“I was taught to see racism only in individual acts of meanness, not in invisible systems conferring dominance on my group”

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Peggy McIntosh

Peggy McIntosh is an American activist born on November 7, 1934. She is known for her contributions to gender and racial equality, particularly for her critical analysis of white privilege. more

“Privilege exists when one group has something of value that is denied to others simply because of the groups they belong to, rather than because of anything they’ve done or failed to do. Access to privilege doesn’t determine one’s outcomes, but it is definitely an asset that makes it more likely that whatever talent, ability, and aspirations a person with privilege has will result in something positive for them.”

Persons Done Values Ability Results Groups Talent Privilege Determine Access Outcomes Aspiration Assets Denied

Author:Peggy McIntosh

“As a white person, I realized I had been taught about racism as something that puts others at a disadvantage, but had been taught not to see one of its corollary aspects, white privilege, which puts me at an advantage.”

Persons White Taught Racism Advantage Aspect Privilege I Realized Disadvantages White Privilege

Author:Peggy McIntosh

“When it comes to art, buy with your eyes, not your ears. I tried very hard not to 'decorate' with art. Art should be reflective of your personality and what's going on in your head-not reflective of the colors of a sofa.”

Should Art Hard Eye Color Personality Ears Sofas Decor

Author:Jason Pomeranc

“But [in bureaucracies], too, decision making takes place in a world full of unceratinties. Any actual system of information processing, planning and control will never be optimal but merely practical, applying rote responses to recurrent problems and employing a variety of contingency tactics to deal with unforeseen events.”

Source: A thousand years of nonlinear history

“Any materialist philosophy must take as its point of departure the existence of a material world that is independent of our minds.”

World Mind Philosophy Existence Materials Independent Departure Material World

Author:Manuel De Landa

“The enemy resembles us. Therefore, he needs to be approached not as an assembly of 'targets' to be destroyed one by one; but as a living, intelligent entity capable of acting and reacting.”

Needs Acting Enemy Military Capable Intelligent Destroyed Target Entity Assembly Taxi Reacting

Author:Martin Van Creveld

“We live in a world populated by structures - a complex mixture of geological, biological, social, and linguistic constructions that are nothing but accumulations of materials shaped and hardened by history”

World Social Materials Structure Complexes Construction Mixtures Accumulation Hardened

Book:A thousand years of nonlinear history

Source: A thousand years of nonlinear history

“Just because it's old, doesn't mean it's gold.”

Mean Gold Lifestyle

Author:Bruce Littlefield

“An Airstream is a lot like a first love: you are lured by her charm, seduced by her beauty, and once bitten, you are forever chasing after her mystique.”

Firsts Forever Love You Lifestyle Charm First Love Chasing Her Beauty Mystique

Author:Bruce Littlefield

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