“If your starting point for understanding humanity is a racialist viewpoint, with superiority and inferiority projected onto people because of the color of their skin, then it's so easy to take the next step of justifying that point theologically and reading it into the Christian scripture. And that makes it harder to understand what scripture is actually saying!” PeopleIfsChristianHumanityReadingNextEasyUnderstandingStepsColorSkinsHarderStartingScriptureSuperiorityInferiorityViewpointsStarting PointNext Steps Author:Allan Boesak
“There is joy in feeling the bristles of a quality brush, seeing the richness and lush color of truly good pigment flowing onto the paper or canvas. The cheap stuff just makes for harder work and lesser results.” FeelingsJoyStuffResultsQualitySeeingColorMaterialsPaperHarderCanvasBrushesRichnessLushPigment Author:Gene Black
“There are those who believe justice and dignity are reserved only for some people. Young men have died in police custody, and the growing heel of poverty has worn down harder on children of color...We must fight back.” PeopleMenBelieveChildrenYoungFightingJusticePovertyGrowingColorDignityHarderDiedPoliceYoung ManHeelsWornReservedCustody Author:Elizabeth Warren
“Imagine Americans who go to Paris. Why would you want to go where someone's going to disparage you? Why would you go anywhere where they treat you bad? Well, that's how it is for us to go to Mexico. You have to be on your guard, because I think the Mexicans are harder on the Mexicans, the Mexican-Americans. They don't see us as Mexican. I think part of it's a class issue and a color issue. We're more connected to their servants, so what are we doing staying at a nice hotel? There's a kind of shame.” ThinkingWantWellsKindClassIssuesNiceImagineColorTreatsHarderShameConnectedServantParisHotelStayingMexicoMexicanMexican American Author:Sandra Cisneros