“As a white male in America, I have privilege. As a white male who happens to be an artist with a fan base, I have a platform to spread awareness about that privilege. However, songs about race and privilege are very difficult to A) write and B) dissect as a listener. They're heavy.” WritingHappensAmericaArtistSongDifficultWhiteRaceFansAwarenessMalesPrivilegeHeavySpreadPlatformsListeners Author:Macklemore
“one feels guilty on behalf of Western civilisation. What damage are we doing, blindly and swiftly, to those races who are being taught that because we are materially richer we must be emulated without question? What compels us to infect everyone else with our own sick urgency to change, soften and standardise? How can we have the effrontery to lord it over peoples who retain what we have lost - a sane awareness that what matters most is immeasurable?” FeelsMatterLostRaceLordAwarenessTaughtSickWesternGuiltyDamageSaneWhat MattersBehalfUrgencyCivilisation Author:Dervla Murphy
“To have one's race brutally treated for so many years, even after the end of slavery and segregation, people are going to rise up with violence to attain what they believe is rightfully theirs. The most important thing at this time is raising the awareness of everyone; people need to be educated everywhere about all aspects of racism and how it affects people still today.” PeopleNeedsYearsBelieveStillsImportantEndsTodayRaceViolenceAwarenessRacismAspectSlaveryImportant ThingsTreatedEducatedSegregation Author:Assata Shakur
“Occasionally, as children, we might figure out how to call somebody a name, and they would figure out how to call us. But it wasn't - it was so light. It was so fluffy. I didn't really have a strong awareness of segregation and the separation of races until I left Lorain, Ohio.” ChildrenLightMightNamesLeftStrongRaceAwarenessFiguresSeparationSegregationOhioFluffy Author:Toni Morrison
“The Pleiadians reminded me of what my role was here, to be on this planet and to act as an ambassador to the Pleiadians, to bring awareness to people of their existence and to channel through their knowledge and the understanding at this time so we can evolve as a human race.” PeopleHumansUnderstandingRaceExistenceRolesAwarenessPlanetsEvolveHuman RaceAmbassadors Author:Christine McCormick Day
“These things will destroy the human race: politics without principle, progress without compassion, wealth without work, learning without silence, religion without fearlessness and worship without awareness.” HumansWealthRaceSilenceCompassionPrinciplesProgressAwarenessWorshipHuman RaceFearlessnessSpiritual Awareness Author:Anthony de Mello
“The human race is governed by its imagination.” HumansInspirationImaginationRaceMankindAwarenessHuman RaceMy ImaginationCarpe DiemHuman Imagination Author:Napoleon Bonaparte
“To be a champion, you must have no ego at all. You must not exist as a separate entity. You must give yourself over to the race. You are nothing if not for your team, your car, your shoes, your tires. Do not mistake confidence and self-awareness for egotism.” IfsGivingSelfRaceMistakeTeamAwarenessCarEgoSelf AwarenessShoesChampionEntityTireEgotism Book:The Art of Racing in the Rain Source: The Art of Racing in the Rain
“In the most basic terms it was about how when we experience art without critical awareness we consent to the ideas being promoted, either intentionally or unintentionally, by the filmmaker. For instance, if you watch a racist comedian and laugh at his jokes, you are consenting to the prejudices inherent within them. Similarly, if you watch a movie which perpetuates conventional ideas about race, gender, etc., you are consenting to them and not affecting change in any way.” IfsWayArtIdeasTermRaceWatchesLaughingAwarenessJokesPrejudiceGenderCriticalInstanceComedianFilmmakerEtcRacistInherentConventionalConsent Book:Nerd Do Well Source: Nerd Do Well