“The Indian community in Canada has integrated much better than the Indian community in United States. They've become really Canadian at the same time as keeping all their Indian characters and customs and social groups.” StatesCharacterSocialCommunityUnitedUnited StatesGroupsIndianCanadaCustomsIntegratedSocial Groups Author:Azim Premji
“I know who I am and can deal with the use of Indian mascots... But I know it can be demeaning to a group of people. Maybe it would be all right if they were truly honoring the people and are giving due respect to the people they are representing.” PeopleIfsKnowsGivingUseWould BeDealsGroupsDuesWho I AmIndianRepresentingDemeaningMascots Author:Leonard Little
“You can begin to see an amalgamation of cultures, the real beginning of one world. Ten years ago, it would have been impossible to imagine a Cockney singing group with a Southern Negro style and Indian and electronic music. I wonder if people have even noticed what a tremendous cultural signal the Beatles are.” PeopleIfsWorldYearsHas BeensRealCultureWonderImagineImpossibleGroupsStyleTenSingingYears AgoIndianSouthernSignalsElectronic MusicCockneysAmalgamation Author:Alan Arkin
“Politics in Bolivia must combine social consciousness with professional competency. In my administration, intellectuals from the upper class can be cabinet ministers or ambassadors, as can members of Indian ethnic groups.” SocialConsciousnessClassGroupsMembersAdministrationIndianMinistersCabinetsAmbassadorsUpper ClassEthnic GroupsCompetenciesBoliviaSocial Consciousness Author:Evo Morales
“In Bolivia, the middle class, intellectuals and the self-employed are proud of their Indian roots. Unfortunately, some oligarchic groups continue to treat us as being inferior.” SelfClassGroupsMiddleProudRootsTreatsIndianMiddle ClassInferiorsEmployedBolivia Author:Evo Morales
“There are a lot of people who believe that the individual can't make it himself. And that's why people want to join up in various herds - herd formation. So you become part of a herd, a group. Group power of some kind. There's an awful lot of group power people in our country [the USA] - Black power, Chinese power, Indian power, woman power. Everyone is putting in together.” PeopleWantBelieveKindCountryTogetherIndividualBlackGroupsVariousOur CountryAwfulChineseIndianUsaFormationHerdsWomen PowerBlack Power Author:Frank Capra
“Not surprisingly, thinkers from groups for whom whiteness was and is a problem have taken the lead in studying whiteness in this way. Such study began with slave folktales and American Indian stories of contact with whites.” WayStoriesProblemStudyTakenGroupsSlaveContactIndianThinkerAmerican IndianWhitenessLead InFolktales Author:David Roediger