“Women have always struggled with their men-folk for the abolition of slavery, the liberation of countries from colonialism, the dismantling of apartheid and the attainment of peace. It is now the turn of men to join women in their struggle for equality.” MenCountryTurnsStruggleWords Of WisdomSlaveryFolksLiberationColonialismAttainmentApartheidAbolitionAbolition Of Slavery Author:Gertrude Mongella
“People are really beginning to see the mechanisms of imperialism. When colonialism existed people could see colonialism. When racial segregation existed in its apartheid form, people could see the "whites only" signs. But it's much more difficult to see the structures of neo-imperialism, neo-colonialism, neo-slavery.” PeopleFormDifficultSlaveryStructureMechanismColonialismImperialismSegregationApartheidRacial Segregation Author:Assata Shakur
“I am also very proud to be a liberal. Why is that so terrible these days? The liberals were liberatorsthey fought slavery, fought for women to have the right to vote, fought against Hitler, Stalin, fought to end segregation, fought to end apartheid. Liberals put an end to child labor and they gave us the five day work week! What's to be ashamed of?” ChildrenEndsWomenFiveWeekProudTerribleLaborVoteSlaveryFeministThese DaysEmpoweringAshamedWomens RightsSegregationApartheidRight To VoteChild LaborWork Week Author:Barbra Streisand
“Like slavery and apartheid, poverty is not natural. It is man-made and it can be overcome and eradicated by the actions of human beings. Overcoming poverty is not a gesture of charity. It is an act of justice... Sometimes it falls upon a generation to be great. You can be that great generation. Let your greatness blossom.” MenHumansMadeSometimesActionFallNaturalJusticeHuman BeingsInspiringPovertyGenerationsGreatnessTasksOvercomingSlaveryCharityHumanitarianApartheid Author:Nelson Mandela
“…“white supremacy” is a much more useful term for understanding the complicity of people of color in upholding and maintaining racial hierarchies that do not involve force (i.e slavery, apartheid) than the term “internalized racism”- a term most often used to suggest that black people have absorbed negative feelings and attitudes about blackness. The term “white supremacy” enables us to recognize not only that black people are socialized to embody the values and attitudes of white supremacy, but we can exercise “white supremacist control” over other black people.” PeopleFeelingsUsedValuesForceUnderstandingBlackTermWhiteAttitudeColorExerciseRacismNegativeSlaveryBlack PeopleWhite SupremacyMaintainingHierarchyApartheidBlacknessSupremacyComplicityNegative Feelings Author:Bell Hooks
“How does something immoral, when done privately, become moral when it is done collectively? Furthermore, does legality establish morality? Slavery was legal; apartheid is legal; Stalinist, Nazi, and Maoist purges were legal. Clearly, the fact of legality does not justify these crimes. Legality, alone, cannot be the talisman of moral people.” PeopleDoeDoneFactsMoralCrimeMoralitySlaveryJustifyNaziImmoralApartheidLegalityTalismans Author:Walter E. Williams
“Like slavery and apartheid, poverty is not natural. It is man-made and it can be overcome and eradicated by the actions of human beings.” MenHumansMadeActionNaturalJusticeHuman BeingsPoorPovertyOvercomingSocial JusticeSlaveryHumanitarianApartheidEnding PovertyLong Walk To FreedomWorld PovertyGlobal Poverty Book:Notes to the Future: Words of Wisdom Source: Notes to the Future: Words of Wisdom
“We got rid of colonialism, we got rid of slavery, and we got rid of apartheid everyone thought each one of them was impossible. Let's take the next impossible, do it with joy and get it finished with and create a world free from poverty. Let us create the world of our choice.” WorldJoyChoicesNextPovertyImpossibleSlaveryFinishedColonialismApartheidOur Choices Author:Muhammad Yunus
“They don't stand for anything different in South Africa than America stands for. The only difference is over there they preach as well as practice apartheid. America preaches freedom and practices slavery.” WellsDifferentAmericaDifferencesPracticeSlaverySouthSouth AfricaApartheid Author:Malcolm X
“The Scriptures have been misused to defend bloody crusades and inquisitions; to support slavery, apartheid, and segregation; to sanction the physical and emotional abuse of women and children; to persecute Jews and other non-Christian people of faith; to support the holocaust of Hitler's Third Reich; to oppose medical science; to condemn inter-racial marriage; to execute women as witches; to excuse the violent racism of the Ku Klux Klan; to mobilize militias, white supremacy and neo-nazi movements; and to condone intolerance and discrimination against sexual minorities.” PeopleChildrenHas BeensChristianWhiteSupportMovementEmotionalGayRacismThirdsAbuseSlaveryJewExcuseMedicalScriptureViolentDiscriminationMinoritiesWitchHolocaustIntoleranceBloodyNaziWhite SupremacyEmotional AbuseSegregationSanctionsApartheidSupremacyCrusadesMilitiaInquisitionKu Klux KlanMisusedMedical Science Author:Mel White
“Legality alone is no guide for a moral people. There are many things in this world that have been, or are, legal but clearly immoral. Slavery was legal. Did that make it moral? South Africa’s apartheid, Nazi persecution of Jews, and Stalinist and Maoist purges were all legal, but did that make them moral?” PeopleWorldHas BeensMoralThis WorldSlaverySouthJewGuidesSouth AfricaNaziPersecutionImmoralApartheidLegality Author:Walter E. Williams