Quotes About Inclusion

And what to embrace.

it has become more important than ever to look at the question of nationalism—of nationalistic contempt and nationalistic arrogance.

Truly white supremacist states, such as the former apartheid government of South Africa, do not elect black presidents or vice presidents as does the United States, any more than Islamic supremacist societies like Iran or Saudi Arabia would ever allow a Christian or Jew to become their head of state.47

History also is mostly the story of noncitizenship.

The world is like Olympus - even a thief is accepted in it if he is also a god.

Equality does not mean that all plants must grow to the same height - a society of tall grass and dwarf trees, a jostle of conflicting jealousies. It means, in civic terms, an equal outlet for all talents; in political terms, that all votes will carry the same weight; and in religious terms that all beliefs will enjoy equal rights.

The only social peril is darkness.

They call you names because they don't want to think of you as like them.

You did not get me into anything, Juliette," Micheline said. "I wanted to be a part of it

Ah. I should have known. You're one of us. … You're someone who finds herself in the pages,"…

Vy na samom dele ne russkaya, ne tak li?

I would like to get rid of the homophobes, sexists, and racists in our audience. I know they're out there and it really bothers me.

There is love enough in this world for everybody, if people will just look.

What should young people do with their lives today? Many things, obviously. But the most daring thing is to create stable communities in which the terrible disease of loneliness can be cured.

This view is an instance of what my friend Skip Gates has called "cultural geneticism,"80 It has, in Bertrand Russell's wicked phrase, "the virtues of theft over honest toil." On this view, you earn rights to culture that is marked with the mark of your race— or your nation—simply by having a racial identity.

Jag vill hävda att det inte finns några naturliga gränser för det folk man anser sig vara en del av.

Att vara ett folk är inte bara en fråga om hur man ser på sig själv . Vad andra utanför gruppen tycker är också viktigt. Identitet, som vi lärde oss i det första kapitlet, är en överenskommelse mellan insiders och outsiders.

I enjoy my relationship with straight men. It's very nurturing. It's very validating to hang out with straight guys and be accepted. So many of us, we were not accepted when we were younger by straight persons in high school.

you were only as good as the people you surrounded yourself with.

Light skin, dark skin, my Asian persuasion/ I got them all that's why these girls out here hatin'" —JANET JACKSON

There would never be a place where he could belong completely, where he could truly be himself. Unless he chose to belong to the shadows

Being gay is like glitter, it never goes away.

Gay marriage is going to happen. It must.

If you're afraid of your own dreams, you're welcome here in mine.