Quotes About Equality

Why extol the idea of changing one's sex while simultaneously denigrating the idea of changing one's race?

You know, the nigger was wild till the white man made what he has out of the nigger. He done educate them real smart.

and they starts biddin' on me. And when they cried off and this Mr. Crosby come up to get me, I just pulled out my papers and helt 'em up high and when he sees 'em he say, "Let me see them." But I says, "You just look at it up here." He squints up and say, "This gal am free and has papers." And tells me he a legislature man and takes me and lets me stay with his slaves. He is a good man.

I didn't have no sure 'nough weddin'. Me and Julie just jumped over de broom in front of Marster and us was married. Dat was all dere was to it. Dat was de way most of de slave folks got married dem days. Us knowed better dan to ask de gal when us wanted to get married. Us just told our Marster and he done de askin'. Den, if it was all right with de gal, Marster called all de

Those born into poverty or on the margins of society require our extra support to realize their dreams.

anyway, the whole world knows, european & non-european alike, the whole world knows that nobody loves the black woman like they love farrah fawcett-majors. the whole world dont turn out for a dead black woman like they did for marilyn monroe. (actually, the demise of josephine baker waz an international event, but she waz also a war hero)

A child had a right to be a child. Even in Mississippi a girl was a girl till her time came. White folks or no white folks. Nobody sent a little ol' thing out to take up for the whole damn race.

The pedicure Regina executed herself. She wanted Betsey to feel relaxed and cared about. The way all little Negro girls should feel. Not cramped or out of place, or funny-looking or easy. Just lovely and well-loved.

Where there is a woman there is magic.

Being alive and being a woman is all I got but being colored is a metaphysical dilemma I haven't conquered yet

los saberes humanísticos, la cultura y la enseñanza constituyen el líquido amniótico ideal en el que las ideas de democracia, libertad, justicia, laicidad, igualdad, derecho a la crítica, tolerancia, solidaridad, bien común, pueden experimentar un vigoroso desarrollo.

Não nos damos conta, de fato, de que a literatura e os saberes humanísticos, a cultura e a educação constituem o líquido amniótico ideal no qual podem se desenvolver vigorosamente as ideias de democracia, liberdade, justiça, laicidade, igualdade, direito à crítica, tolerância, solidariedade e bem comum.

Yaz?k ki erkekler, ??mart?ld?klar? zaman nerede durmalar? gerekti?ini ço?u zaman bilmezler. Kad?n?n, bunu hat?rlatmas? ise, utanç verici bir uyarmad?r onlar için. Ya da baz?lar? için öyledir. Belki nesli tükenmeye ba?layan garip yarat?klard?r art?k bu çe?it erkekler. ??te biri daha öldü gitti.

Gerçek mühendislerin k?z çocu?u olurmu?.

I never realized how easily people could be trained to accept slavery.

Or it's happening because Shori is black, and racists—probably Ina racists—don't like the idea that a good part of the answer to your daytime problems is melanin.

As a country, we've given up our birthright for even less than bread and pottage. We've given it up for nothing—although I'm sure some people somewhere are richer now.

I'm Valerie Rye,' she said, savoring the words. 'It's all right for you to talk to me.

Kevin, you don't have to beat people to treat them brutally.

There was no shame in raping a black woman, but there could be shame in loving one.

Daddy's the only man I know," he said softly, "who cares as much about giving his word to a black as to a white.

It's wrong to assume that I must be a sex you're familiar with," it said, "but as it happens, I'm male.

I could accept him as my ancestor, my younger brother, my friend, but not as my master, and not as my lover. He had understood that once.

Embrace diversity. Unite ----- Or be divided, robbed, ruled, killed By those that see you as prey. Embrace diversity or be destroyed.