"I think the most harmful belief passed on to me - not always directly - was the belief that whatever I did as a Negro, however much we Negroes achieved, despite the presence of some enlightened whites, white society as a whole enjoyed being racists in the secret core of their being and would never, ever give that up."

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Source : Source: www.elle.com

Margo Jefferson

#Thinking Quotes #White Quotes #Giving Quotes

“Don't let some hell bent heart leave you bitter. When you come close to sellin' out reconsider. Give the heavens above more than just a passing glance. And when you get the choice to sit it out or dance, I hope you dance.”

Source : Song: I Hope You Dance, Album: I Hope You Dance
“Liberals have a set of folk theories that are fallacious. One of them comes from the Enlightenment, and the assumption is that you are supposed to be logical. They assume all you have to do is tell people the facts and they will reason to the right conclusion. This is utterly ridiculous. Thought is mainly metaphorical. The frames trump all the facts.”

Source : "Why Liberals Lose". Interview with Katy Butler, katybutler.com. December 24, 2003.
“Please note that, at no point in the performance, does my hand leave the end of my arm...”
“Critical Race Theory offers of discrimination frameworks as ways of understanding and eradicating racism. The focus on "discrimination" as the way to understand racism in the US has meant that racism is considered a question of discriminatory intentions - whether or not somebody intentionally left someone out or did something harmful because of their biased feelings about a person's race. This focus on individual racists with bad ideas hides the reality that racism exists wherever conditions of racialized maldistribution exist.”

Source : "On Normal Life". Interview with Natalie Oswin, societyandspace.org. January 15, 2014.
“That which moveth the heart most is the best poetry; it comes nearest unto God, the source of all power.”
“I discovered the wife's got asthma. Thank God - I thought she was hissing at me.”
“The hall-mark of American humour is its pose of illiteracy.”
“All you need is the plan, the road map, and the courage to press on to your destination.”

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