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Book cover for Vietnam: Lotus in a Sea of Fire: A Buddhist Proposal for Peace
this book is not proposing a new ideological system but rather appealing to a respect for common fundamental human values as the only obvious realities upon which we can base sincere efforts for peace and reconstruction. We cannot hope to ...more
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“You’ll find that people often use the excuse “it was the norm” when discussing racism, homophobia, and anything else in our history they are trying to absolve themselves of. Saying that something was “a norm” of the past is a way not to have to deal with its ripple effects in the present. It removes the fact that hate doesn’t just stop because a law or the time changed. Folks use this excuse because they are often unwilling to accept how full of phobias and -isms they are themselves—or at least how they benefit from social structures that privilege them.”
George M. Johnson, All Boys Aren’t Blue

Pauline Harmange
“Only someone in a position of dominance can permit himself to be calm and reasonable in any circumstance, because he’s not the one who is suffering.”
Pauline Harmange, I Hate Men

Madeleine K. Albright
“Though I had never written a memoir, I was confident that given enough time, I could do a serviceable job. Not elegant, but blunt, informative and funnier than most readers would expect.”
Madeleine K. Albright, Hell and Other Destinations: A 21st-Century Memoir

Jane Casey
“The commissioner has requested permission to use water cannon against the civilian population for the first time in British history—” “Although it has been used in Northern Ireland,” the interviewer chipped in. “Yes, in very specific circumstances.” And who cares about the Paddies anyway? I filled in silently. As usual, what was perfectly acceptable in Belfast or Derry would be an outrage in Southwark.”
Jane Casey, The Kill

“Symbolism gives folks hope. But I’ve come to learn that symbolism is a threat to actual change—it’s a chance for those in power to say, “Look how far you have come” rather than admitting, “Look how long we’ve stopped you from getting here.”
George M. Johnson, All Boys Aren't Blue

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