“Just because it's a rat race doesn't mean it's okay to be a rat.” MeanRaceOkaySpeedRatsRat Race Author:Linda Ellerbee
“I say a little prayer every time I see a race. I say a little prayer that the riders and the horses will be okay.” LittlesPrayerRaceOkayHorseRiders Author:Kenny Troutt
“I have always been very concerned that Darwinism gave the basic okay to terrible racism and to the idea of murder based upon race.” IdeasRaceTerribleRacismConcernedOkayMurderDarwinism Author:Ben Stein
“There was a race that I was running in Mexico City and I was the only high school athlete running against grown women. It was a professional race, but I ended up winning. That was kind of a turning point for me where I felt like, "Okay, I'm pretty good at this and there's a possibility for this to be a career for me." That was a defining moment for me.” KindMomentsRunningSchoolWinningFeltRaceCitiesCareersPossibilityHigh SchoolOkayAthleteMexicoDefiningTurning PointsMexico CityDefining MomentsGrown Women Author:Allyson Felix
“Evolutionary biologists often avoid using the term "race" because there is so much racist baggage that comes with the term. However, they are often okay with the idea that the genealogy of human groups within our species can sometimes be inferred in much the same way as the genealogy of different species.” WayHumansIdeasDifferentSometimesTermRaceGroupsOkaySpeciesRacistBaggageBiologistGenealogy Author:Elliott Sober
“If we move away from either/or thinking, and if we think, okay, every day of my life that I walk out of my house I am a combination of race, gender, class, sexual preference and religion or what have you, what gets foregrounded?” IfsThinkingMovingHouseWalksRaceClassOkayGenderCombinationPreferenceEither Or Author:Bell Hooks
“I wanted to walk over there. I wanted to curl up beside him, lean against him, talk to him. I wanted to know what he was thinking. I wanted to tell him everything would be okay. And I wanted him to tell me the same thing. I didn't care if it was true or not- I just wanted to say it. To hear it, to feel his arms around me, hear the rumble of his words, that deep chuckle that made me pulse race” IfsThinkingKnowsFeelsMadeWould BeCareWantedWalksRaceArmsOkayPulseCurlsRumbleChuckles Author:Kelley Armstrong