...I fell asleep and had a dream that a king was liquidated by a group of kind faces....
When you've grown up mis-educated, surrounded by fear and hate, unaware of your privilege, lies can sound like the truth.
If the surprise outcome of the recent UK referendum - on whether to leave or remain in the European Union - teaches us anything, it is that supposedly worthy displays of democracy in action can actually do more harm than good. Witness a nation now more divided; an intergenerational schism in the making; both a governing and opposition party torn to shreds from the inside; infinitely more complex issues raised than satisfactory solutions provided. It begs the question 'Was it really all worth it' ?
Prejudice plunges you into a world of fear and hate. That's no way to live.
Discrimination does not 'make America great.' It makes America weak.
Electing a bigot enables further bigotry.
We elected a man who knows how to build walls when we needed someone who knows how to build bridges.
Those with unearned privileges often spin things as 'political correctness' to further silence those they wish to oppress.
Bigotry lives not just in our words, but in our actions, thoughts, and institutions.
If you'd combat bigotry, use honest language and call things out for what they really are.
Those who benefit from unearned privilege are too often quick to discount those who don't.
If you can't see past my name, you can't see me.
Privilege is when your voice is the norm but still you claim to be unheard.
If you love your country, you must be willing to defend it from fraud, bigotry, and recklessness--even from a president.
Trump didn't divide America. He just doused us with gasoline and fanned the flames.
Building bridges takes us further than building walls.
It's a scary world we live in when a person of color endorses a racist for president.
Discrimination is discrimination, even when people claim it's 'tradition.
Calling for an end to hate shouldn't be treated as a punishable offense.
Racism is dead only to those who've closed their eyes and ears to the whole world around them.
What matters most is not 'what' you are, but 'who' you are.
Political correctness’ is a label the privileged often use to distract from their privilege and hate.
People often call fighting discrimination being 'PC' because they don't want their own unearned privileges challenged.
It's not 'over-sensitivity' to ask to be treated with the same dignity and respect shown to others.
Let us know our differences! Let us understand our differences! Let us know and understand that we are all different people with different differences! We all have different differences that are not all that different! Understanding is the matter! When we get to know and understand our differences well, we shall least spit on each other just because of our differences!
Bigotry and sexism destroy the unity needed for a nation to live.
It speaks volumes when people who are discriminated against go on to discriminate against others.
Standing against discrimination for some while supporting discrimination against others hurts us all.
Saying something is 'politically correct' is often a way of dismissing the voices of the oppressed.
Racism, hate, and bigotry are EVIL and WICKED no matter how you try to rationalize it. I couldn’t imagine living my life with this crap in my heart. I love building new relationships and I enjoy learning about different cultures! If people would change their thinking and open up their hearts, they’d be amazed at the beautiful relationships that they could have. And, for the record, I couldn’t imagine ALL of my friends being black. There are too many amazing people from different backgrounds that I still have yet to meet. NO WAY would I limit my relationships based on race, absolutely not! I am free to like and love who I want to and I won’t allow anybody to persuade me with their opinions. I have my own mind! I’m my own person! I refuse to dislike and/or hate another race ‘just because!’ I am Stephanie Lahart: BOLD. BRAVE. STRONG.
The minute we look away, the minute we stop fighting back, that's the minute bigotry wins.
Bigotry is based on deception, of oneself and of others.
Urging an organization to be inclusive is not an attack. It's progress.
Privilege is when you can afford to sit back and watch as others' rights are trampled upon.
Never be content to sit back and watch as others' rights are trampled upon. Your rights could be next.
People often call fighting racism being 'PC' when they don't want to confront their own prejudice