“Over the centuries, and even today, the Bible and Christian theology have helped justify the Crusades, slavery, violence against gays, and the murder of doctors who perform abortions. The words themselves are latent, inert, harmless - until they aren't.” TodayChristianViolenceCenturyGayDoctorsMurderSlaveryTheologyAbortionJustifyDoctor WhoCrusadesLatentChristian Theology Author:Amy Waldman
“Modern capitalist nations are the fruit of a history of slavery, genocide, violence and exploitation every bit as abhorrent as Mao's China or Stalin's Soviet Union.” NationsBitsViolenceModernSlaveryUnionsFruitChinaGenocideSovietCapitalistExploitationSoviet UnionMaoAbhorrent Author:Terry Eagleton
“It ought to concern every person, because it is a debasement of our common humanity. It ought to concern every community, because it tears at our social fabric. It ought to concern every business, because it distorts markets. It ought to concern every nation, because it endangers public health and fuels violence and organized crime. I’m talking about the injustice, the outrage, of human trafficking, which must be called by its true name - modern slavery.” HumansPersonsHumanityNamesNationsSocialCommunityCommonTalkingViolenceModernCrimeTearsOughtConcernSlaveryInjusticeOrganizedFuelFabricOutragePublic HealthHuman TraffickingTraffickingOrganized CrimeCommon HumanityModern Slavery Author:Barack Obama
“I think the ties to slavery and the terrible tragedy that followed the Civil War with Jim Crow and racial violence is closely linked to the Confederate flag.” ThinkingWarViolenceTerribleTragedySlaveryTiesCivil WarFlagsLinkedCrowJim CrowConfederateConfederate FlagTerrible Tragedy Author:William R. Ferris
“Much as being active in the antislavery movement of the last century involved more than not engaging in slavery oneself, so joining in an antiviolence movement has to go beyond opting for nonviolence in one's personal life. It calls for engaging in imaginative and forceful practices of nonviolent resistance to violence, including taking a stand toward entertainment violence.” LastsPracticeViolenceCenturyMovementInvolvedSlaveryIncludingOneselfEntertainmentActiveResistanceNonviolencePersonal LifeEngagingImaginativeJoiningNonviolent ResistanceJoining In Author:Sissela Bok
“Around the world, human traffickers trick many people into slavery by false promises of good jobs or good education, only to find themselves forced to work without pay, under the threat of violence.” PeopleWorldHumansJobsPayViolencePromiseSlaveryThreatTricksAround The WorldGood JobGood EducationFalse Promises Author:Lisa Kristine
“To have one's race brutally treated for so many years, even after the end of slavery and segregation, people are going to rise up with violence to attain what they believe is rightfully theirs. The most important thing at this time is raising the awareness of everyone; people need to be educated everywhere about all aspects of racism and how it affects people still today.” PeopleNeedsYearsBelieveStillsImportantEndsTodayRaceViolenceAwarenessRacismAspectSlaveryImportant ThingsTreatedEducatedSegregation Author:Assata Shakur
“All religions have based morality on obedience, that is to say, on voluntary slavery. That is why they have always been more pernicious than any political organization. For the latter makes use of violence, the former - of the corruption of the will.” UsePoliticalViolenceAtheismMoralityOrganizationSlaveryCorruptionPositive AtheismFormerObedienceLatterPernicious Author:Alexander Herzen
“I didn't have a knee-jerk reaction like some people did to the language and the violence. My stepfather was a history teacher at Lincoln High School in Dallas. So, I was already familiar with the N-word and the brutality of slavery. What I was drawn to was the love story between Django and Broomhilda and how he defends and gets the girl in the end. I thought it was just an amazing and courageous project.” PeopleEndsStoriesSchoolGirlLanguageTeacherViolenceProjectsHigh SchoolSlaveryReactionsLove StoryFamiliarKneesCourageousBrutalityJerkDallasStepfathersHistory TeacherDjangoKnee Jerk Reactions Author:Jamie Foxx
“In 1990, when we started the Black Community Crusade for Children, we were always talking about all children, but we paid particular attention to children who were not white, who were poor, who were disabled, and who were the most vulnerable.Parents didn't think their children would live to adulthood, and the children didn't think they were going to live to adulthood. That's when we started our first gun-violence campaign. We've lost 17 times more young black people to gun violence since 1968 than we lost in all the lynching in slavery.” PeopleThinkingFirstsChildrenYoungLostParentBlackCommunityWhitePoorAttentionTalkingViolenceParticularGunPaidSlaveryCampaignsVulnerableBlack PeopleAdulthoodDisabledCrusadesGun ViolenceLynchingBlack Community Author:Marian Wright Edelman