“Race has object permanence. It is still there, no matter how hard we try to look away.”
Source: Raising Multiracial Children: Tools for Nurturing Identity in a Racialized World
“When I talk of love, I don't talk of two becoming one, I talk of all becoming one.”
Source: Mücadele Muhabbet: Gospel of An Unarmed Soldier
“As the rich get richer, the rest of us will be left in increasingly precarious situations. In the global recession that is upon us, the powerful will double down on their control of state and cultural apparatus, They will be determined to repress, or co-opt, the tremulous expressions of resistance that are gaining volume as the people rise of against death. The issue of co-option is pertinent. Our articulations of dissent too often mirror the parameters of our oppression, reproducing oppressive systems, unwittingly reinforcing them, or indeed 'diverse' them, to make them more 'inclusive' when in truth the need to dissolve.”
Source: What White People Can Do Next: From Allyship to Coalition – An Empowering Guide to Interrogating Whiteness and Creating Justice
“One sure way to kill a dream, is to suffocate it with worry.”
“Diversity is climbing’s greatest strength. There’s no way to get bored! Each game is so difficult, most people spend their lives trying to master just one. The beauty and variety of the various playing fields beckon from across the globe.”
Source: Why We Climb: The World's Most Inspiring Climbers
“Diversity” has become a term of art, a symbol, one so powerful that the symbol is now more important than the thing it was supposed to represent. Wokeness sacrifices true diversity, diversity of thought, so that skin-deep symbols of diversity like race and gender can thrive.”
Source: Woke, Inc.: Inside Corporate America's Social Justice Scam
“If your voice didn’t hold any power, people wouldn’t work so hard to make you feel so small.”
Source: Fearlessly Different: An Autistic Actor's Journey to Broadway's Biggest Stage
“and this is not the time
I think
to ask who is allowed to be
american america
all of us gathered under one flag
praying together safely
warmed by the single love
of the many tongued God”
“We exist through intersections, but our conversations about diversity regularly push us to pick one identity for ourselves at the expense of others.”
Source: Beyond Diversity
“Storytelling can be the most potent way to celebrate progress, inspire change, and bring about a more diverse world. If stories shape our perceptions, then perhaps the stories we never hear shape our biases through the lack of awareness they enable.”
Source: Beyond Diversity