“Photography is much more about elimination than inclusion. The images we make with a lens typically eliminate ninety percent of our field of view and everything that is out of our field of view. The shutter slices time, eliminating all moments before and after it opens and closes. Three dimensions are reduced to two. And in some cases color is removed. How can we call these kinds of artifacts unaltered?” KindTwoMomentsThreeViewsCasesFieldsColorPhotographyPercentDimensionsInclusionLensesNinetyEliminationEliminatingArtifactsShuttersBefore And AfterThree Dimensions Author:John Paul Caponigro
“The most important thing, of course, is that you should look more stunning than you have ever looked in your life. How many excuses do you have to wear a dress bigger than anyone else's, at a party just for you, where everyone has to burst into tears from how gorgeous you look while you prance around in front of them? Remember, your lifelong happiness depends on this one article of clothing. If it doesn't look good, you're not a bride. You're just some idiot in a big white thing - a color unflattering to about 93 percent of the population.” IfsShouldLooksImportantBigsRememberCoursesWhitePartyFrontsTearsColorDependsPercentBiggerDressesImportant ThingsPopulationExcuseIdiotArticlesClothingsGorgeousLifelongBridesStunning Author:Mimi Pond
“Take crack cocaine. Particularly in the early days of the policy, ninety percent of the people being arrested were black, even though they didn't use the drug at higher rates and even though their numbers in the general population are so low. How could that be? The thing is, you place all your resources in communities of color. And if you do that, you're going to arrest black people.” PeopleIfsUseBlackCommunityNumbersPolicyColorHigherDrugLowsPercentResourcesRatePopulationCracksBlack PeopleNinetyArrestedCocaine Author:Carl Hart
“I know 100 percent what it's like to have people tell you that you can't hold an office because of your color, and to have people vote based on that belief.” PeopleKnowsBeliefColorOfficePercentVote Author:Artur Davis
“At least 15 percent of human females possess a genetic mutation that gives them an extra (fourth) type of color photoreceptor - and this allows them to discriminate between colors that look identical to the majority of us with a mere three types of color photoreceptors.” GivingHumansLooksThreeColorTypePercentFemaleMajorityMereExtrasFourthIdenticalMutationGenetic Mutation Book:Incognito: The Secret Lives of The Brain Source: Incognito: The Secret Lives of The Brain
“I very much dislike the word "race," and I never use it. I use the word "racist." Race is not a fact. There is only one race: human. Skin color is less than 2 percent of the DNA.” HumansFactsUseRaceColorPercentSkinsRacistDislikeDnaSkin Color Author:Tillie Olsen