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“I'm asking you to protect one another and learn from one another. I'm asking you to turn 'different' into the new normal, and then tell others to do the same.”

Book:The Black Friend: On Being a Better White Person

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“He wanted to teach the children that all bodies are beautiful. Among the pupils at Tomoe were some who had polio, like Yasuaki-chan, or were very small, or otherwise handicapped, and he felt if they bared their bodies and played together it would rid them feelings of shame and help to prevent them from developing an inferiority complex. As it turned out, while the handicapped children were shy at first, get soon began to enjoy themselves, and finally they got over their shyness completely.”

Humanity Diversity Inclusion Body Image

Book:Totto-Chan: The Little Girl at the Window

Source: Totto-Chan: The Little Girl at the Window

“All the elephants of the jungle were gray except Elmer, who was a patchwork of brilliant colors until the day he got tired of being different and making the other elephants laugh.”

Diversity Disability We Are All Different We Are Not All The Same We Are The The Same

Book:Elmer

Source: Elmer

“The trick to forgetting the big picture is to look at everything close-up. The shortcut to closing a door is to bury yourself in the details. This is how we must look to God. As if everything's just fine.”

Truth Fine Details Big Picture Trick Close Up

Author:Chuck Palahniuk

“A large part of white privilege is that it steers white people toward their cultural comfort zones.”

Diversity Racism Prejudice Young Adult Frederick Joseph

Book:The Black Friend: On Being a Better White Person