“You cannot take any people, of any color, and exempt them from the requirements of civilization - including work, behavioral standards, personal responsibility, and all the other basic things that the clever intelligentsia disdain - without ruinous consequences to them and to society at large.” PeopleResponsibilityColorCivilizationStandardsConsequenceIncludingCleverRequirementsPersonal ResponsibilityDisdainBasic Things Author:Thomas Sowell
“There is no superior person by constitutional standards. An applicant who is white is entitled to no advantage by reason of that fact, nor is he subject to any disability, no matter what his race or color. Whatever his race, an applicant has a constitutional right to have his application considered on its individual merits.” PersonsMatterReasonFactsIndividualWhiteRaceAtheismSubjectsColorStandardsAdvantageNo Matter WhatPositive AtheismSuperiorsMeritDisabilityApplicationEntitled Author:William O. Douglas
“What must it be like to live in Rush Limbaughs world? A world where when anyone other than conservative, white men attempts to do anything or enter any profession, be it business, politics, art or sports, the only reason theyre allowed entry or, incredibly, attain excellence is because the standard was lowered. Be they liberals, people of color, women, the poor or anyone with an accent.... Edgy, controversial, brilliant. What a way to shake up intelligent sports commentary. Hitler would have killed in talk radio. He was edgy, too.” PeopleMenWorldWayArtReasonSportsWhitePoorColorStandardsIntelligentExcellenceConservativeRadioProfessionBrilliantShakesAccentsWhite ManControversialEntryCommentaryEdgyTalk Radio Author:Nancy Giles
“... ideals, standards, aspirations,--those are chameleon words, and take color from their speakers,--often false tints. A scholarly man of my acquaintance once told me that he traveled a thousand miles into the desert to get away from the word uplift, and it was the first word he heard after he reached his destination.” MenFirstsHeardColorThousandStandardsIdealsMilesUpliftingDesertAspirationGet AwayDestinationSpeakersTraveledAcquaintanceThousand MilesChameleonScholarly Book:The Rest of My Life Source: The Rest of My Life
“I think television is one of the last real bastions of the white beauty standard, but still in many industries the workers can be replaced by someone who's willing to play the game or who looks like the person in charge. And this is a problem for all women, not just women of color.” ThinkingLooksPersonsStillsRealPlayProblemLastsGamesWhiteTelevisionColorWillingIndustryStandardsWorkersReplaced Author:Jami Floyd
“The standard progressive approach of the moment is to mix color-conscious moral invective with color-blind public policy.” MomentsMoralPolicyColorApproachStandardsConsciousBlindProgressivePublic Policy Author:Ta-Nehisi Coates
“The New Deal never rethought the draconian racist immigration restriction policies of the 20s, of course, but its electoral base rested significantly on "ethnic" voters, whose activism was both hemmed in and rewarded by the Democrats. Southern and Eastern Europeans were included as secondary leaders of the new industrial unions, and as entitled citizens qualified for social security, unemployment compensation, and fair labor standards protections, even as workers of color were largely left out of key areas of the welfare state.” StatesCoursesLeftSocialDealsLeaderSecurityPolicyColorKeysCitizensStandardsAreasFairsLaborUnionsDemocratWorkersProtectionActivismImmigrationWelfareRacistVotersSouthernEntitledUnemploymentEasternSocial SecurityQualifiedCompensationRestrictionLeft OutWelfare StateNew DealDraconian Author:David Roediger
“If the eye is constantly greeted by harmonious objects, having elegance of form and color, a standard of taste naturally grows up.” IfsEyeFormGrowsGrowing UpObjectsColorTasteStandardsEleganceHarmonious Book:Democracy And Education Source: Democracy And Education