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“In the common esteem, not only are the only good aboriginals dead ones, but all aboriginals are either sacred or contemptible according to the length of time they have been dead.”

Has Beens Common Racism Sacred Esteem Length Bigotry Imperialism Aboriginal

Author:Mary Hunter Austin

“Imperialism is the underlying motor of racism. The underlying reason that racism keeps on being promoted in all of its various forms.”

Reason Form Racism Various Imperialism Motor

Author:Assata Shakur

“I think anybody who is honestly struggling against racism must struggle against imperialism and vice versa.”

Thinking Struggle Racism Vices Honestly Imperialism Vice Versa Against Racism

Author:Assata Shakur

“The greatest number of drug addicts are to be found in Teheran and in Karachi, not in the West. Not in New York believe it or not. It's the same with the roles of slavery, racism and imperialism in the world. These institutions were present in other cultures. However, it was Western civilization which did something about slavery, about racism and voluntarily dissolved its empires leaving behind a very positive legacy of institutions not to mention buildings and roadways.”

“The 'black armband' view of our history reflects a belief that most Australian history since 1788 has been little more than a disgraceful story of imperialism, exploitation, racism, sexism and other forms of discrimination. I take a very different view. I believe that the balance sheet of our history is one of heroic achievement and that we have achieved much more as a nation of which we can be proud of than which we should be ashamed.”

“To judge by what my children are learning in school, you'd think American history was 75 percent slavery and 25 percent everything else (and that 25 percent includes a large dollop of imperialism, racism, sexism and homophobia, leaving little time for Lincoln, Edison, Clay, Holmes, Alcott, Dickinson, Adams, Longfellow or Fulton).”

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Author:Mona Charen

“Under Trump, the US will give its blessing to Israeli imperialism and racism.”

Giving Trump Blessing Racism Imperialism Israeli

Author:Lawrence Davidson

“Robinson Crusoe, the first capitalist hero, is a self-made man who accepts objective reality and then fashions it to his needs through the work ethic, common sense, resilience, technology, and, if need be, racism and imperialism.”

“Western interests: imperialism, colonialism, exploitation, racism, and other negative -isms.”

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Author:Malcolm X

“The conquest of the earth, which mostly means the taking it away from those who have a different complexion or slightly flatter noses than ourselves, is not a pretty thing when you look into it too much.”

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Author:Joseph Conrad

“Racism is very characteristic of imperialism and capitalism. Hate against me has a lot to do with racism. Because of my big mouth and curly hair. And I'm so proud to have this mouth and this hair, because it is African.”

Bigs Hate Hair Proud Racism Mouths Capitalism Characteristics Imperialism Curly Hair

Author:Hugo Chavez

“In other words, I’m against cheating, greed, cruelty, racism, imperialism, religious fundamentalism, treason, and the seemingly limitless capacity for hypocrisy shown by Bush and his administration.”

Religious Racism Capacity Greed Cruelty Administration Hypocrisy Cheating Fundamentalism Imperialism Limitless Treason Religious Fundamentalism

Author:Viggo Mortensen

“The hard cold facts today indicate that the hope of the people of color in the world may well rest on the American Negro and his ability to reform the structure of racist imperialism from within and thereby turn the technology and wealth of the West to the task of liberating the world from want.”

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Book:Where Do We Go from Here: Chaos or Community?

Source: Where Do We Go from Here: Chaos or Community?