"Jeremiah Wright is one of the greatest prophetic preachers that black America has produced. What I find striking is that many white brothers and sisters miss the fact that there would be no black church if the white church wasn't political and racist in refusing to worship with us."

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Source : "Professor checks out new landscape 'after King'". Interview with Arienne Thompson, www.usatoday.com. April 3, 2008.

Michael Eric Dyson

#Brother Quotes #White Quotes #America Quotes

“Robotics are beginning to cross that line from absolutely primitive motion to motion that resembles animal or human behavior.”
“Our language, one of our most precious natural resources, deserves at least as much protection as our woodlands, streams and whooping cranes.”

Source : James Lipton (1991). “An Exaltation of Larks”, Viking Adult
“I think sex work gets over-mystified and overcomplicated because it's about sexuality, and women's sexuality in general. What strikes me when I look at sex worker organizations and sex worker movements, in the US especially, is that they're so in alignment with other longstanding progressive causes. If anything, sex workers have been at the forefront of some of these causes. There have always been sex workers at the forefront of social movements.”
“We may lose and we may win, but we will never be here again.”

Source : Song: Take It Easy, Album: For Everyman, 1973
“You don't want the children to know how afraid / you are. You want to be sure their hold on life / is steady, sturdy. Were mothers and fathers / always this anxious, holding the ringing / receiver close to the ear: / 'Why don't they answer where could they be?”

Source : Gail Mazur (1995). “The Common”, p.33, University of Chicago Press
“Every act of energy conservation... is more than just common sense: I tell you it is an act of patriotism.”
“When I was young, my father told me I was living in a dream world. At the time, he was trying to straighten me up to fly right. Now I treasure the part of my life that is a dream world - the love of my children, my music - these loves can put you in a dreamy place. I embrace it.”
“Nothing is perfect. Life is messy. Relationships are complex. Outcomes are uncertain. People are irrational.”

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