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“Homicide through gun violence is the leading cause of death among young African American males in the United States. If people look a certain way they have a higher tendency of dying, of having their lives taken away.”

People Ifs Way Looks States Young Certain Causes United United States Taken Violence Dying Higher Gun Males Tendencies African American Gun Violence Homicide Leading Causes

Author:Ryan Coogler

“It is incumbent upon philosophy ... to provide a refuge for freedom. Not that there is any hope that it could break the political tendencies that are throttling freedom throughout the world both from within and without and whose violence permeates the very fabric of philosophical argumentation.”

World Philosophy Political Break Violence Philosophical Tendencies Refuge Fabric Incumbents Argumentation

Book:Critical Models: Interventions and Catchwords

Source: Critical Models: Interventions and Catchwords

“There is a tendency under capitalism system to reduce everything to a kind of commodity fetish, and this order tends to promote extremely conventional and uniform expressions of gender and sexuality in order to promote certain products and lifestyle choices that are commercialized. This necessarily entails a capitulation to heteronormativity, or in the case of the new gay movement, a "homonormativity" that doesn't stray far from the heterosexual paradigm. Anyone who questions these normative values and conventions is subject to disapproval, hostility, or even violence.”

“Its [Communism's] unfortunate association with violence encourages a certain evil tendency in human beings.”

Humans Certain Evil Human Beings Violence Tendencies Communism Association Unfortunate

Book:My Years with Nehru, 1948-1964

Source: My Years with Nehru, 1948-1964

“I think there are universal principles that we should want to understand, but that are not necessarily good for us. We could recognise universal propensities which current cultures can't fully eradicate, which we would want to eradicate if we could. Let's say, a tendency for tribal violence. Or racism.”

Ifs Thinking Want Should Culture Principles Violence Racism Universal Currents Tendencies Recognise Propensity

Author:Sam Harris

“There is no question that abuse, drugs and exposure to violence at home can exacerbate someone's criminal tendencies enormously. But there are many, many criminals who don't come from that background.”

Home Violence Drug Abuse Criminals Backgrounds Tendencies Exposure

Author:Andrew Solomon

“When love of one's people becomes an absolute, it turns into racism. When love of equality turns into a supreme thing, it can result in hatred and violence toward anyone who has led a privileged life. It is the settled tendency of human societies to turn good political causes into counterfeit gods.”

People Humans Political Turns Causes Results Violence Racism Hatred Absolutes Supreme Tendencies Privileged Human Society Counterfeit Good Political Privileged Life

Book:Counterfeit Gods: The Empty Promises of Money, Sex, and Power, and the Only Hope that Matters

Source: Counterfeit Gods: The Empty Promises of Money, Sex, and Power, and the Only Hope that Matters

“Human beings are not our enemy. Our enemy is not the other person. Our enemy is the violence, ignorance, and injustice in us and in the other person. When we are armed with compassion and understanding, we fight not against other people, but against the tendency to invade, to dominate, and to exploit.”

People Humans Persons Fighting Understanding Human Beings Compassion Enemy Violence Ignorance Injustice Tendencies Exploits

Book:Anger

Source: Anger

“We must all take care to resist the tendency to focus too much attention on the role that criminals and prior offenders play in gun violence.”

Play Care Attention Roles Too Much Focus Violence Gun Take Care Criminals Tendencies Gun Violence Offenders

Author:James Florio