“Martin Luther King was talking about racism, war and poverty. I think we have made progress enormous progress in racism and war, but we have made little or no progress in poverty. And it's because the economy has gotten more and more complex as we have globalized.” ThinkingLittlesMadeWarTalkingPovertyEconomyProgressKingsRacismComplexesEnormousLuther Author:Andrew Young
“Psychotherapy makes every problem a subjective, inner problem. And that's not where the problems come from. They come from the environment, the cities, the economy, the racism. They come from architecture, school systems, capitalism, exploitation. They come from many places that psychotherapy does not address. Psychotherapy theory turns it all on you: you are the one who is wrong.” DoeProblemSchoolTurnsCitiesEconomyEnvironmentTheoryRacismCapitalismArchitectureAddressesExploitationSubjectivePsychotherapySchool SystemArchitecture School Author:James Hillman
“Racism is worse than ever. Violence is worse than ever. The economy's worse than ever. Unemployment's worse than ever. And it's Democrats that have been running the show, with the first African-American president at the top of the heap, and it didn't get any better?” FirstsHas BeensShowsRunningPresidentEconomyViolenceRacismDemocratAfrican AmericanUnemploymentAmerican President Author:Rush Limbaugh
“When people are not sure about their future, when their economies are suffering, when their personal fortunes are flagging, we have often in this country turned to nativism and xenophobia and racism and anti-immigrant sensibilities and passions to express our sense of outrage at what we can't control - and to forge a kind of fitful solidarity that turns out to be rather insular - we look inward and not outward.” PeopleLooksKindCountrySufferingTurnsPassionEconomyRacismFortuneNot SureImmigrantsInwardSensibilitySolidarityOutrageXenophobia Author:Michael Eric Dyson
“I think that the agriculture system in general is rooted in racism - consider that historically black labor on plantations was the backbone of the economy. These workers didn't reap the benefit of that system.” ThinkingBlackEconomyRacismLaborReapBackbone Author:Bryant Terry
“If we are looking for insurance against want and oppression, we will find it only in our neighbors' prosperity and goodwill and, beyond that, in the good health of our worldly places, our homelands. If we were sincerely looking for a place of safety, for real security and success, then we would begin to turn to our communities - and not the communities simply of our human neighbors but also of the water, earth, and air, the plants and animals, all the creatures with whom our local life is shared. (pg. 59, "Racism and the Economy")” IfsWantHumansRealEarthLife IsTurnsWaterCommunityAnimalEconomyAirSecurityCreaturesRacismSafetyPlantProsperityNeighborLocalsOppressionWorldlySincerelyHomelandGoodwillOur CommunityGood HealthPlants And Animals Book:The Hidden Wound Source: The Hidden Wound
“A proper community, we should remember also, is a commonwealth: a place, a resource, an economy. It answers the needs, practical as well as social and spiritual, of its members - among them the need to need one another. The answer to the present alignment of political power with wealth is the restoration of the identity of community and economy. (pg. 63, "Racism and the Economy")” NeedsShouldWellsRememberSpiritualPoliticalSocialCommunityWealthAnswersEconomyIdentityMembersRacismResourcesPracticalsRestorationAlignmentPolitical PowerCommonwealth Book:The Hidden Wound Source: The Hidden Wound
“Inequality is one of the pillars of the world economy.” PovertyEconomyRacismCapitalismEqualityEmploymentInequalitySexismWomen EmpowermentEconomic Empowerment Author:Mokokoma Mokhonoana