Minority Groups Quotes

“I was like, Am I gay? Am I straight? And I realized...I'm just slutty. Where's my parade?”
― Margaret Cho

“It makes you crazy, for something you know to be true, know from the very core or root of you, to remain unspeakable.”
― Mark Doty, What Is the Grass: Walt Whitman in My Life

“Denying the facts is what enables people to hate and to persecute marginalized and threatened minority groups. Labeling the advocacy, educational and informational initiatives of these persecuted minority groups dismissively as 'propaganda for the gay agenda' undermines, belittles and trivializes the cause of those whose right to exist is under threat.”
― Christina Engela

“Mas HÁ umas olimpíadas da opressão a decorrer. As minorias raciais americanas - negros, hispânicos, asiáticos e judeus - apanham com a merda dos brancos, diferentes tipos de merda, mas merda de qualquer maneira. Cada um dos grupos acredita secretamente que apanha com a pior merda. Por isso, não, não existe uma Liga Unida dos Oprimidos. No entanto, todos os outros acham que são melhores do que os negros, porque, bem, não são negros.”
― Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie, Americanah

“The wilful obliteration has born a left-out generation of unemployed people, underprivileged farmers, persecuted minorities and disheartened low-income families with scars which will never heal.”
― Qamar Rafiq

“Publishing articles about minority groups behaving “graciously” and “humanely” is just patronising tokenism — that divides more than unifies.”
― Vanessa de Largie

“In the dense, green landscape of eastern Madhya Pradesh, where the borders of Maharashtra and Chhattisgarh abut, lies the district of Balaghat. Known for its copper mines and tribal heritage, it is an area of quiet villages and seemingly settled rhythms of life. But in one such village, Ghoti, a silence of a different, more menacing kind has descended. It is the silence of enforced isolation, a social and economic vacuum imposed on its small Muslim community.
For over a week now, the ten Muslim families of Ghoti have been living as pariahs in their own homes. Their crime? Objecting to hateful speeches made against their faith. In a stark and punitive response, local Hindu groups have declared a total social and economic boycott. An edict has been issued: any Hindu who maintains contact with these Muslim families—be it sharing a meal, conducting business, or even offering condolences—will face a fine of ₹5,000 and social ostracisation.”
― Hindu groups in India