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“The social pressure from friend and acquaintance to collude, to not notice racism, can be quite powerful.”

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Book:Why are All the Black Kids Sitting Together in the Cafeteria?

Source: Why are All the Black Kids Sitting Together in the Cafeteria?

“Peer pressure and social norms are powerful influences on behavior, and they are classic excuses.”

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Author:Andrew Lansley

“The traditional Christian attitude toward human personality was that human nature was essentially good and that it was formed and modified by social pressures and training.”

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Book:Tragedy and Hope: A History of the World in Our Time

Source: Tragedy and Hope: A History of the World in Our Time

“We pledge our loyalty; we affirm our determination to be of good courage; we declare, sometimes even publicly, that come what may we will do the right thing, that we will stand for the right cause, that we will be true to ourselves and to others. Then the pressures begin to build. Sometimes these are social pressures. Sometimes they are personal appetites. Sometimes they are false ambitions. There is a weakening of the will. There is a softening of discipline. There is capitulation. And then there is remorse, self-accusation, and bitter tears of regret.”