Quotes About Injustice

Because slavery in the United States was racially based, it was easy to graft the legally imposed incapacities of slavery onto Black people as a group, making incapacity an inherent feature of the race.

Land taken from Native peoples in Texas was then cleared by enslaved people, who were then put to work planting, tending, and harvesting crops.

Empowered Black people made the intangible benefits derived from Whiteness less valuable.

The moment a man uses a woman's sex to discredit her arguments, the thoughtful reader knows that he is unable to answer the arguments themselves.

Tout de même, supporter tant de mépris... Vronski, pire que Vronski.

Tout ce qui touche au langage est dans mon souvenir motif de rancœur et de chicanes douloureuses, bien plus que l'argent.

Ce n'est pas à lui qu'elle se soumet, c'est à une loi indiscutable, universelle, celle d'une sauvagerie masculine qu'un jour ou l'autre il lui aurait bien fallu subir. Que cette loi soit brutale et sale, c'est ainsi.

Det er ikke lenger meg, og heller ikke Annie D, som står i sentrum. Det som finner sted i korridoren i feriekolonien, forandrer seg til en situasjon dypt forankret i uminnelige tider og kjent overalt på jorden. Hver dag og alle steder i hele verden finnes det menn som står i en sirkel rundt en kvinne, rede til å kaste stein på henne.

Les filles comme moi gâchaient la journée des médecins. Sans argent et sans relations -- sinon elles ne seraient pas venue échouer à l'aveuglette chez eux --, elles les obligeaient à se rappeler la loi quoi pouvait les envoyer en prison et leur interdire d'exercer pour toujours.

Everywhere on earth, with every day that dawns, a woman stands surrounded by men ready to throw stones at her.

Wer die Schule hingegen ohne Abschluss verließ, lernte früh, sich unwürdig zu fühlen, er war 'unfähig'. Das Loblied auf die Bildung verschleierte die Tatsache, dass Zugang zu ihr beschränkt war.

Ella no se somete a él, sino a una ley indiscutible, universal, la de la brutalidad masculina que, de todas todas, tarde o temprano, le habría tocado sufrir. Que la ley en cuestión sea feroz y sucia, es así y no hay vuelta de hoja.

He who forgiveth, and is reconciled unto his enemy, shall receive his reward from God; for he loveth not the unjust doers.

I'm able to take myself out of the celebrity bubble and the profile that I'm at, and look at what black people are going through around the country.

Racial profiling is illegal, and I do not support it.

Me and discrimination, me and racial profiling... we go way back. We've got history.

There are cops who be racially profiling.

Racial profiling has to stop.

I've physically seen profiling. I've seen me walking up the street with my friends, and the police officers get out of their car and bust the hell out of my friends. And they can't do anything about it, and the cop gets back in his car and drives off.

You British plundered half the world for your own profit. Let's not pass it off as the Age of Enlightenment.

There are a lot of leaders that talk about ending things like oppression - whether it's discrimination or getting a job - but the reason for all of this stuff is somebody's making a profit off our backs. That's the reason why black people were brought here in the first place. It was a profit motive.

The chance to profit from corruption is why many authoritarian leaders seize and cling to power.

When you have countries that have a lot of minerals and diamonds and oil and are in business with companies from all over the world - but these companies don't share, really, their profits - this is called post-post-colonial.

The reason to do any barking - well, the reason for me - is that 'Three Billboards' feels so off about so many things. It's one of those movies that really do think they're saying something profound about human nature and injustice.