“Seek diverse authors, not just diverse books.
If you want to truly decolonize your library seek more than a Black/Brown face on the cover of the book.”
Source: The Noisy Classroom
“...there is more to Blackness than our struggle.”
Source: When My Cousins Come to Town
“We know that Valdemar is not the land—and it is not just the people. Valdemar is a spirit, a community of spirit that binds a hundred disparate peoples with a hundred different religions and ways of life into a company and a greater whole. It is not a unity, for that would be denying our diversity, and in our diversity and our tolerance is our strength.”
Source: Exile's Honor
“The heart beats the same way, no matter the geography.”
Source: The Shape of A Human: Our America Their America
“I envision a valley, beyond red and blue, beyond flags and barbwires, beyond capitols and churches, where our descendants will sit together around a campfire and tell each other stories of the olden days - "remember when our ancestors used to live in tribes - they called it religion, nation, race and all that - how silly right!" I work towards that future.”
Source: The Shape of A Human: Our America Their America
“The New American Sonnet
America doesn't mean the best,
America means accountability.
America doesn't mean supremacy,
America means responsible liberty.
America doesn't mean flawless,
America means growing against oddity.
America doesn't mean condescension,
America means caring for all humanity.
America doesn't mean white or color,
America means celebration of diversity.
America doesn't mean red or blue,
America means together crossing rigidity.
Stars and stripes have no place for hate.
Our heart is human, it's humanity we celebrate.”
Source: The Shape of A Human: Our America Their America
“We have our favorite resources and things we gravitate toward: comfort food, say, or a favorite sentimental blanket. Of course, things change and many times those resources no longer provide us with everything we need. If we are to enjoy a diverse diet, we need diverse sources of information to guide us in making decisions. Valuing diversity in all things helps us build resilience and buffer the extremes.”
Source: Integrated Forest Gardening: The Complete Guide to Polycultures and Plant Guilds in Permaculture Systems
“Many times creatively responding to change immediately puts us on the edge of culture and friendships. People who ride the edge are marginalized until others accept the new reality and the new adaptation. Those with diverse points of view who are willing to make changes in their living systems and risk loss of status are crucial pioneers. How else can solution be adapted unless early adopters take the opportunity?”
Source: Integrated Forest Gardening: The Complete Guide to Polycultures and Plant Guilds in Permaculture Systems
“Perhaps the best answer is not to tolerate differences, not even to accept them. But to celebrate them.”
Source: Openly Straight
“America doesn't mean white or color, America means celebration of diversity.”
Source: The Shape of A Human: Our America Their America