"Housing in New York City has become too expensive for many average wage earners, let alone people with marginal incomes, who find themselves displaced to far-flung neighborhoods or to the streets. Racist discrimination in housing, which has been around for decades and follows centuries of slavery, has exacerbated the housing affordability crisis for people of color."

-- Solly Granatstein

#People Quotes #Racist Quotes #Slavery Quotes

“The problem in our society and in our schools is to inclulcate, without overdoing it, the notion of education, as in the Latin educere--to lead, to bring out what is in someone rather than merely to indoctrinate him/her from the outside. (89)”
“One of the many things that surprised me about 'Wool' is how many of its fans don't consider themselves science fiction readers.”
“The political restructuring we pursue in China is aimed at advancing the self-improvement and development of the socialist political system. We will continue to expand people's democracy and build a socialist country under the rule of law in keeping with China's national conditions.”
“... if it were the fashion to go naked, the face would be hardly observed.”
“We're all travelers in this world. From the sweet grass to the packing house. Birth 'til death. We travel between the eternities.”

Source : "Fictional character: Prentice Ritter". TV Mini-Series "Broken Trail" ("Part Two"), www.imdb.com. 2006.
“God releases more of His power and presence according to the measure of our hunger for Him.”
“I laughed, loud enough that Delia looked up at me. She made motions for me to come over, but I pretended to be looking past her into the food tent. "Hurry. Pretend you're pointing something out so I can pretend not to see her." Luke put a hand on my shoulder and pointed with the other towards the sky. "Look, the moon." "That was the best you could come up with?" I demanded.”
“That was always my frustration with so many of these shows, because design is not an ambush... it's a relationship. You have to know how people move and live and work to be able to design for them.”

Source : "Genevieve Gorder trades places in 'Town Haul'". Interview with Jay Bobbin, poststar.com. January 21, 2005.

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