“The eternal child. - We think that play and fairy tales belong to childhood:
how shortsighted that is! As though we would want at any time of life to
live without play and fairy tales! We give these things other names, to be
sure, and feel differently about them, but precisely this is the evidence
that they are the same things - for the child too regards play as his work
and fairy tales as his truth. The brevity of life ought to preserve us from a
pedantic division of life into different stages - as though each brought
something new - and a poet ought for once to present a man of two
hundred: one, that is, who really does live without play and fairy tales.”
Source: Human, All Too Human: A Book for Free Spirits
“I have heard a lot of white people say they don't see color. I used to think that was a good thing, as in we don't consider the color of someone's skin when deciding how we feel about them. But then I started to realize it's okay to acknowledge our differences. Also, it's a lie. We all see race, and that's fine. If we deny someone's race, we're denying a part of who they are as a person and not acknowledging the person as a whole, and that can slip into dangerous territory. If we ignore someone's race, we're ignoring the different perspectives they bring.”
Source: That Librarian: The Fight Against Book Banning in America
“Stay Woke, Stay Human (Sonnet)
BLACK is Brave, black is Leaderly,
Adventurous, Conscientious and KINGly.
LATINO means Loud, Loving And Tenacious,
latino means Ingenious in Obscurity.
WOMAN is Wonder Obstinate, woman is
Miracle Awake, and Nature-incarnate.
PRIDE means Passionate and Resilient,
Indefatigably Daring in Endearment.
MUSLIM is Merciful, muslim is Unbending,
Sincere and Lively, Insightfully Magnetic.
ASIAN means Amiable, asian means Strong,
Inquisitive, Ambitious and Neighborly.
Hateless, Undivided, Mindful And
Neurodiverse - that's HUMAN.
Mind carries its own detergent,
stay woke and stay human!”
Source: Azad Earth Army: When The World Cries Blood
“Black is brave,
Woman is wonder,
Muslim is magnetic,
Asian is thunder.
Prejudice is plunder,
Biases are blunder.
Hate wreaks havoc,
when hearts are asunder.”
Source: Azad Earth Army: When The World Cries Blood
“Diversity is supposed to be an input, not an output. What the soul of America desires is unity – a more perfect union.”
Source: The Pursuit of Happiness: A Book of Poems Honoring Our American Values
“Some people are better at hiding their differences, or society is better at embracing them. But just because society believes something, doesn't mean it's true, or that we don't have the power to change it. Because the thing is, different isn't a bad thing.
I no longer care for society's opinions and have learned that we have the choice on what and whose opinions and views matter to us. (Hint: a culture created for the benefit of abled, typical, heteronormative, Caucasian, upper-class men will never be a culture that benefits me, so why should I allow it to matter to me?) I no longer fear the eyes of others, or feel that someone's judgment is my own personal problem, or is representative of who I am. I've taught myself that my mind, my differences, and my identity are valid, and important, and hold value. I've come to this realisation after years of being taught otherwise.”
Source: Different, Not Less: A Neurodivergent's Guide to Embracing Your True Self and Finding Your Happily Ever After
“Society assumes that eventually we'll fade into an acceptance of what we should be, that we'll silence ourselves into a submission of the ideologies and expectations we've been taught. Divergent thoughts, ideas and emotions are pushed aside with the idea that eventually we'll learn to simply conform. We're taught that if a child thinks or acts out of the norm, don't worry, because they'll soon change their ways. Society often accepts difference in children, but it's not 'acceptance' so much as it is a confidence that those differences will fade.”
Source: Different, Not Less: A Neurodivergent's Guide to Embracing Your True Self and Finding Your Happily Ever After
“How can anybody be okay, when some pompous, puffed-up, maladjusted, addlepated, blowhards keep impeding efforts of equality and assimilation, as if it's not past 2020 AD, but 2020 BC!”
Source: High Voltage Habib: Gospel of Undoctrination
“True festival of life unfolds when all usher into oneness.”
Source: Azad Earth Army: When The World Cries Blood
“The most common explanation by leaders and those in positions of influence is that equity, diversity, and inclusion take time. My question is, whose time – that of a human or a God? The scriptures tell us that God’s one day is equal to one thousand human years. So, if we are talking in terms of God’s time, it has only been six days. If we are talking in terms of human time, then recorded human history is six thousand years. How much longer are we expected to wait.”