Disparities Quotes

“Various mental tests or scholastic tests have been criticized as unfair because different groups perform very differently on such tests. But one reply to critics summarized the issue succinctly: “The tests are not unfair. Life is unfair and the tests measure the results.”
― Thomas Sowell, Intellectuals and Society

“You were born into a society which spelled out with brutal clarity, and in as many ways as possible, that you were a worthless human being. You were not expected to aspire to excellence: you were expected to make peace with mediocrity.”
― James Baldwin, The Fire Next Time

“Disparities in the world are the reflection of the disparities within us.”
― Abhijit Naskar, Aşkanjali: The Sufi Sermon

“No one expects small children to perform as well as adults with decades of education and experience—and groups differ significantly in the respective proportions of their populations which consist of children and which consist of those who are middle-aged adults. Moreover, such intergroup differences in demographic characteristics are common in societies around the world.
In the United States, for example, the median age of Jews is decades older than the median age of Puerto Ricans. Even if Puerto Ricans and Jews were identical in every other respect, they would still not be equally represented, in proportion to their respective populations, in jobs requiring long years of experience, or in homes for the elderly, or in activities associated with youth, such as sports or crime. The point here is not to claim that age alone explains most income or wealth differences. The point is that age differences alone are enough to preclude the equality that is presumed to exist in the absence of discrimination.”
― Thomas Sowell, The Quest for Cosmic Justice

“There is no such thing as philanthropy, because the money that the billionaires pretend to donate, belong to the people anyways.”
― Abhijit Naskar, Hometown Human: To Live for Soil and Society

“Padma watches the children who are her age but nothing like her. Who seem both older and younger than her, wiser and more naive. Who seem to come from another galaxy, another world. A constellation of privilege.”
― Mathangi Subramanian, A People's History of Heaven

“If in our mind, we are undivided, righteous and equal, then all external disparities are bound to drop exponentially.”
― Abhijit Naskar, Aşkanjali: The Sufi Sermon

“I am what stands between humanity and the crisis - I am what stands between humanity and injustice - I am what stands between humanity and discrimination and disparities - I am what stands between humanity and dictators.”
― Abhijit Naskar, When Call The People: My World My Responsibility

“Even in death I can't rest in peace - discriminations and disparities of the world keep bringing me back to life and I'll continue to rise till assimilation becomes the first nature of humankind - who am I you ask - I am the imperishable force of oneness.”
― Abhijit Naskar, I Vicdansaadet Speaking: No Rest Till The World is Lifted

“Charity doesn't end suffering, it only postpones it. The only surefire way to end the suffering of others is to help them become self-reliant.”
― Abhijit Naskar, I Vicdansaadet Speaking: No Rest Till The World is Lifted

“Science if put to real use for the benefit of humanity could eliminate suffering in a matter of months, yet suffering persists - you know why, because the science of today is driven by capitalism not curiosity. Science driven by capitalism creates a divided planet - where one section has more than they can digest and another has not even the essentials to keep body and soul together.”
― Abhijit Naskar, Good Scientist: When Science and Service Combine

“I wish I could tell you that all the comfort and luxuries in the world are a sign of progress, but they are not - they are a sign of disparities - and these disparities can only go away with our sacrifice - with the sacrifice of the humanitarians - some must give all, all must give some, only then will there be actual civilized, sane, healthy and whole progress - progress that includes all of humanity, not just the privileged few.”
― Abhijit Naskar, Sleepless for Society

“Killing terrorists doesn't end terrorism, it only postpones it. To end terrorism we have to end inequality.”
― Abhijit Naskar, Sleepless for Society

“Desire beyond necessity is the cause of all disparities.”
― Abhijit Naskar, The Shape of A Human: Our America Their America

“Advancement that only serves the privileged and excludes the rest of the world is not advancement, but an abuse of power.”
― Abhijit Naskar

“There is no chance of welfare in the society, unless the conditions of the working class are improved.”
― Abhijit Naskar, Generation Corazon: Nationalism is Terrorism

“Luxury is the enemy of life, for it only produces disparity. Luxury must be banned from human society either by individual initiative, or by government intervention. We must have a clear sight of our necessities, and those who cannot see for whatever poppycock reason, must be made to see by means of law, that is, through wealth tax.”
― Abhijit Naskar, Generation Corazon: Nationalism is Terrorism

“It is not until you consciously decide to prioritize the elimination of stagnant, exclusive culture that your company will be in a position to make the systemic changes needed to both address and eventually abolish disparities.”
― Talisa Lavarry, Confessions From Your Token Black Colleague: True Stories & Candid Conversations About Equity & Inclusion In The Workplace

“Terrorists don't walk around carrying guns and grenades any more, except for the confederate nitwits and religious blockheads that is. Today's terrorists walk amongst us, perfectly indistinguishable, with a fancy outside and a filthy inside. And here's my word to these violators of human rights.

I'm a billionaire, I'm a politician, I'm a bureaucrat, I'm a diplomat - if you so much as dream of exploiting people thinking such filth, mark the words of this gentalist eternal - it'll take me two shakes of a lamb's tail to wipe you out from the fabric of time. But I won't. No matter what, I'll defend the people, and still spare your life. You know why? Because, a terrorist is defined by how they treat the innocent, a reformist is defined by how they treat the terrorist. So mend your ways my child, because if you are terror, I am your grandfather.”
― Abhijit Naskar, The Gentalist: There's No Social Work, Only Family Work

“Scholarly debate won't do - intellectual argumentation won't do - ideological intimidation won't do. What's needed is a heart of honey primed by the steel-strong conviction of collective uplift. And I mean collective uplift - that is, the uplift of everybody -- not just the rich, white, christian, straight males - but everybody - the uplift of women, the uplift of the poor, the uplift of the colored, the uplift of the queer, the uplift of each and every person on earth, across the ignorance-induced divisions and discriminations of our prehistoric days.”
― Abhijit Naskar, High Voltage Habib: Gospel of Undoctrination

“Disparity is not a policy issue, it's an education issue.”
― Abhijit Naskar, Either Reformist or Terrorist: If You Are Terror I Am Your Grandfather

“Hardship of justice is far more honorable than kinship of disparity.”
― Abhijit Naskar, Either Right or Human: 300 Limericks of Inclusion

“Nine days went by
I wonder if you cried
When you were all alone
Yearning for comfort
In a system that failed you
More than just your asystole
The world would never be the same
That day you passed away”
― Jasmine McMorran