“We judge on the basis of what somebody looks like, skin color, whether we think they're beautiful or not. That space on the Internet allows you to converse with somebody with none of those things involved.” ThinkingLooksBeautifulSpaceColorJudgingInternetInvolvedSkinsBasesConversesSkin Color Author:Bell Hooks
“Nothing grows among its pinnacles; there is no shade except under great toadstools of sandstone whose bases have been eaten to the shape of wine glasses by the wind. Everything is flaking, cracking, disintegrating, wearing away in the long, inperceptible weather of time. The ash of ancient volcanic outbursts still sterilizes its soil, and its colors in that waste are the colors that flame in the lonely sunsets on dead planets.” LongHas BeensStillsGrowsColorPlanetsWindShapesWasteLonelyBasesWineAncientGlassesWeatherFlamesSoilSunsetShadeAshesWine GlassPinnacleOutburstToadstoolsSandstone Author:Loren Eiseley
“History will not judge our endeavors--and a government cannot be selected--merely on the basis of color or creed or even party affiliation. Neither will competence and loyalty and stature, while essential to the utmost, suffice in times such as these.” GovernmentPartyHistoryColorJudgingEssentialsBasesLoyaltyEndeavorCreedsCompetenceSelectedStatureAffiliation Author:John F. Kennedy
“Painting dissolves the forms at its command, or tends to; it melts them into color. Drawing, on the other hand, goes about resolving forms, giving edge and essence to things. To see shapes clearly, one outlines them--whether on paper or in the mind. Therefore, Michelangelo, a profoundly cultivated man, called drawing the basis of all knowledge whatsoever.” MenGivingMindHandsFormColorPaintingShapesPaperEssenceBasesEdgesDrawingCommandOutlines Author:Alexander Eliot
“We can think of solutions in various theoretical ways, but it's not so on the ground. If they don't have a reference that helps them to belong, then they will end up excluding, and through that they get to feel that they belong on the basis of some narrow identity, language or color.” IfsThinkingWayFeelsEndsHelpingLanguageIdentityColorSolutionsBasesVariousTheoretical Author:Tariq Ramadan
“A greater truth that I think we are faced with on a day-to-day basis as minorities is: We are the color of skin first and people second.” PeopleThinkingFirstsGreaterColorSkinsBasesMinoritiesDay To Day Author:Jordan Peele
“All of my works are performance pieces, as is true for many writers of color, writers who have indigenous roots - because our basis is spoken word.” PiecesColorRootsPerformancesBasesIndigenousSpoken Word Author:Sandra Cisneros