Quotessence
Home / Quotes / Quote by Tomi Adeyemi

Quote by Tomi Adeyemi

Work

Children of Blood and Bone

Browse quotes and source details for this work. more

Author

Tomi Adeyemi

Browse famous quotes and profile details for Tomi Adeyemi. more

You May Also Like

“As I grew to understand the gifts of the earth, I couldn't understand how "love of country" could omit recognition of the actual country itself. The only promise it requires is to a flag. What of the promises to each other and to the land?”

PatriotismEnvironmentalismPledge Of Allegiance
Book:Braiding Sweetgrass: Indigenous Wisdom, Scientific Knowledge, and the Teachings of Plants
Create image

“I gave my son a brief history of the pledge of allegiance. He asked a few questions and I answered them (with a Google check or two on my phone). Then he took a deep breath and said, “Mom, I don’t think I should say the pledge of allegiance anymore. Would that be okay?” All activists want their kids to magically turn into badass activists, but I wanted to make sure that this was a decision my son had come to after some thought, and that he had the reasoning to be able to defend that decision. I asked him why he didn’t want to say the pledge. “Because I’m an atheist, so I don’t like pledging under god. I don’t believe in pledging to countries, I think it encourages war. And I don’t think this country treats people who look like me very well so the ‘liberty and justice for all’ part is a lie. And I don’t think that every day we should all be excited about saying a lie.”

InjusticeProtestPledge Of Allegiance
Author:Ijeoma Oluo
Create image

“…The story of the Pledge of Allegiance and its National Socialist roots is a fascinating one. Dr. Rex Curry, a passionate libertarian, has made the issue his white whale.”

SocialismCommunismPatriotismNationalismLibertarianismNazismPledge Of AllegianceRex Curry
Book:Liberal Fascism: The Secret History of the American Left from Mussolini to the Politics of Meaning
Create image

“Have you ever heard a five-year-old recite the Pledge of Allegiance, Arthur? It's creepy as hell. Their enunciation is perfect, but they have no idea what kind of promise they're making, of what's being called for. No one tells you until later that breaking your words amounts to treason. No one tells you until later that you can't take it back. I was having my own treasonous thoughts as I drove. They were half formed, but went a little like this: asking something like that from a person ought not to be allowed.”

ChildrenInnocenceTreasonPledge Of Allegiance
Book:God Is an Astronaut
Create image