“Diversity is being invited to the party. Inclusion is being asked to dance.” -Verna Meyers
"If people were given a choice between democracy and whiteness, how many would choose whiteness?" -Taylor Branch
"Ever been left-handed and used dangerous power tools like chainsaws and weed whackers, only to have a mouthful of sawdust or a rock to the groin violently inform you that everything on those tools— from the safety mechanisms to the trigger placement to the ergonomic sweep of the handles — are designed for right-handed people? That’s what racism is like, except the chainsaw was designed by a guy who didn’t want left-handed people cutting firewood, trimming weeds, or sleeping with his daughter." – Chris Newman
"Racism depends on the presence of those it hates." - Elisabeth Anne Leonard
“The Sicilians are vivid in imagination, affable, and benevolent, but excitable, superstitious, and revengeful.” - Congressional Serial Set, v 5867, Senate Document 662
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