“I am convinced that imprisonment is a way of pretending to solve the problem of crime. It does nothing for the victims of crime, but perpetuates the idea of retribution, thus maintaining the endless cycle of violence in our culture. It is a cruel and useless substitute for the elimination of those conditions--poverty, unemployment, homelessness, desperation, racism, greed--which are at the root of most punished crime. The crimes of the rich and powerful go mostly unpunished.” WayDoeIdeasProblemCulturePowerfulPovertyRichViolenceConditionsCrimeRacismRootsVictimGreedSolveConvincedEndlessUselessCyclesSubstitutesPretendingUnemploymentDesperationMaintainingHomelessnessRetributionImprisonmentEliminationCycle Of Violence Author:Howard Zinn
“The Olympics are too powerful. I hate sports - they generate so much nationalism, sexism, homophobia, transphobia, racism, economic exploitation, displacement of communities to build worthless bankrupt stadiums.” HateSportsCommunityPowerfulEconomicRacismI HateNationalismSexismExploitationOlympicsWorthlessStadiumsHomophobiaDisplacement Author:Terre Thaemlitz
“The Holocaust illustrates the consequences of prejudice, racism and stereotyping on a society. It forces us to examine the responsibilities of citizenship and confront the powerful ramifications of indifference and inaction.” ForcePowerfulResponsibilityRacismConsequencePrejudiceIndifferenceRacistHolocaustCitizenshipStereotypeInactionRamificationsRacism And Prejudice Author:Tim Holden
“But suppose God is black? What if we go to Heaven and we, all our lives, have treated the Negro as an inferior, and God is there, and we look up and He is not white? What then is our response?” IfsLooksPoliticalHeavenBlackWhitePowerfulOur LivesRacismResponseTreatedLook UpWhat IfInferiorsGod Is There Book:RFK: collected speeches Source: RFK: collected speeches
“All of my history as an African-American woman, as a Jewish woman, as a Muslim woman. I'm bringing everything I ever knew, and all the stories I've read - everything good, strong, kind and powerful. I bring it all with me into every situation, and I will not allow my life to be minimized by anybody's racism or sexism or ageism.” KindStoriesStrongPowerfulSituationRacismAfrican AmericanSexismAmerican WomanAfrican American WomenAgeismMuslim Women Author:Maya Angelou
“We do not put enough emphasis on early childhood years. We neglect children in this society; as a society we're guilty of child neglect. If we could eliminate the vestiges of racism, if we could develop a more powerful agenda for child care, child development, and a more powerful education system, we could prevent a lot of the incapacities which in turn tend to generate structural unemployment.” ChildrenEnoughCarePowerfulChildhoodRacismGuiltyNeglectEducation SystemEarly Childhood Author:Bruce Babbitt
“Racism isn't born, folks, it's taught. I have a two-year-old son. You know what he hates? Naps! End of list.” KnowsYearsTwoEndsHateBornPowerfulTaughtSonRacismFolksListsRacistTwo YearsNapsRacial DiscriminationTwo Year OldsDiscrimination And RacismEnding Racism Author:Denis Leary
“There is not a liberal America and a conservative America - there is the United States of America. There is not a black America and a white America and latino America and asian America - there's the United States of America.” StatesAmericaBlackWhiteUnitedPowerfulUnited StatesDiversityRacismConservativePatriotismPatrioticUnited States Of AmericaAsianLatinoAmerican CitizensUnity In DiversityAmerican PatrioticAmerican PatriotismBlack AmericaLand Of The Free Author:Barack Obama
“Racism is still with us. But it is up to us to prepare our children for what they have to meet, and, hopefully, we shall overcome.” ChildrenStillsPowerfulRacismOvercomingOur ChildrenHopefullyRacist Author:Rosa Parks
“I wish I could say that racism and prejudice were only distant memories... We must dissent from the indifference. We must dissent from the apathy. We must dissent from the fear, the hatred and the mistrust... We must dissent because America can do better, because America has no choice but to do better.” AmericaChoicesWishCan DoMemoriesPowerfulRacismHatredPrejudiceSocial JusticeIndifferenceApathyDissentMistrustRacism And Prejudice Author:Thurgood Marshall
“Yes, racism looks like hate, but hate is just one manifestation. Privilege is another. Access is another. Ignorance is another. Apathy is another, and so on. So while I agree with people who say no one is born racist, it remains a powerful system that we're immediately born into. It's like being born into air: you take it in as soon as you breathe.” PeopleLooksHateBornPowerfulAirIgnoranceRacismAgreeRemainsPrivilegeBreatheAccessManifestationJust OneRacistApathy Author:Scott Woods
“To solve the new century's mounting social and environmental problems, people of color activist and white activists need to be able to join forces. But all too often, the unconscious racism of white activists stands in the way of any effective, worthwhile collaboration. The Challenging White Supremacy Workshop is the most powerful tool that I have seen for removing the barriers to true partnerships between people of color and white folks. If the CWS trainings were mandatory for all white activists, the progressive movement in the United States would be unstoppable.” PeopleIfsWayNeedsStatesProblemWould BeAbleForceSocialChallengesWhiteUnitedPowerfulUnited StatesCenturyMovementColorRacismTrainingToolsEnvironmentalFolksSolveUnconsciousBarriersMost PowerfulProgressiveActivistCollaborationWorthwhilePartnershipWhite SupremacyWorkshopsSupremacyUnstoppableEnvironmental ProblemsProgressive Movement Author:Van Jones
“The social pressure from friend and acquaintance to collude, to not notice racism, can be quite powerful.” SocialJusticePowerfulRacismPressureSocial JusticeAcquaintanceSocial Pressure Book:Why are All the Black Kids Sitting Together in the Cafeteria? Source: Why are All the Black Kids Sitting Together in the Cafeteria?
“Prejudice is a burden that confuses the past, threatens the future and renders the present inaccessible.” LifePastPowerfulDiversityRacismPrejudiceBurdenInaccessibleRacial PrejudiceRacism And Prejudice Author:Maya Angelou
“The camera could be a very powerful instrument against discrimination, against poverty, against racism.” PowerfulPovertyRacismCamerasInstrumentsDiscriminationVery PowerfulAgainst Racism Author:Gordon Parks
“Patriarchy, like any system of domination (for example, racism), relies on socializing everyone to believe that in all human relations there is an inferior and a superior party, one person is strong, the other weak, and that it is therefore natural for the powerful to rule over the powerless. To those who support patriarchal thinking, maintaining power and control is acceptable by whatever means.” ThinkingBelieveHumansMeanPersonsStrongNaturalPowerfulPartySupportExampleRacismWeakRelationSuperiorsRelyAcceptableInferiorsPatriarchyPowerlessDominationMaintainingHuman RelationsSocializingPower And Control Author:Bell Hooks