“To answer oppression with appropriate resistance requires knowledge of two kinds: in the first place, self-knowledge by the victim, which means awareness that oppression exists, an awareness that the victim has fallen from a great height of glory or promise into the present depths; secondly, the victim must know who the enemy is. He must know his oppressor's real name, not an alias, a pseudonym, or a nom de plume!” KnowsFirstsKindMeanTwoRealSelfNamesAnswersEnemyAwarenessPromiseGloryVictimDepthResistanceOppressionHeightFallenAppropriateSelf KnowledgeOppressorsAliasesGreat HeightsPseudonyms Book:The Education of a British-Protected Child Source: The Education of a British-Protected Child
“Well lose more species of plants and animals between 2000 and 2065 than weve lost in the last 65 million years. If we dont find answers to these problems, were gonna be victims of this extinction event that were at fault for.” IfsYearsWellsProblemLastsLostLosesAnswersAnimalMillionsEventsVictimPlantFaultsSpeciesExtinctionPlants And Animals Author:Paul Watson
“Every day people engaged in the clever defiance of their own intuition become, in midthought, victims of violence and accidents. So when we wonder why we are victims so often, the answer is clear: It is because we are so good at it.” PeopleAnswersWonderClearViolenceVictimIntuitionAccidentsCleverEngagedDefiance Book:The Gift of Fear: Survival Signals that Protect Us from Violence Source: The Gift of Fear: Survival Signals that Protect Us from Violence
“Don't forget - you're dealing with aberrated people. They're not responsible for their answers. They're victims of culture. That means they have been influenced by their culture.” PeopleMeanHas BeensCultureAnswersForgetResponsibleVictimForget You Author:Jacque Fresco
“Reality cannot be photographed or represented. We can only create a new reality. And my dilemma is how to make art out of a reality that most of us would rather ignore. How do you make art when the world is in such a state? My answer has been to make mistakes, but when I can, to choose them. We are all guilt victims choosing mistakes, and as Godard said, the very definition of the human condition is in the mise-en-scéne itself.” WorldHumansHas BeensArtSaidI CanStatesRealityAnswersMistakeConditionsVictimGuiltDefinitionsMaking MistakesHuman ConditionDilemma Author:Alfredo Jaar
“You have, you can only answer it this way: by turning it around. Can the negro - who is the victim of the system - escape the collective stigma that is placed upon all Negroes in this country?” WayCountryAnswersVictimCollectivesStigma Author:Malcolm X
“What, to the American slave, is your Fourth of July? I answer: A day that reveals to him, more than all other days of the year, the gross injustices and cruelty to which he is the constant victim. To him your celebration is a sham.” YearsCultureJusticeAnswersDiversityVictimSocial JusticeConstantSlaveInjusticeCrueltyCelebrationFourthGrossJulyAbolitionDays Of The Year Author:Frederick Douglass
“We owe it to the flood victims of New Orleans to give them truthful answers as to why this event took place and to assure our citizens that tragedies like this will never happen again.” GivingHappensAnswersEventsCitizensTragedyVictimTruthfulFloodNew Orleans Author:Charles Rangel