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“Moving forward requires continued vigilance. It requires us to constantly attend to who we are, how we got that way, and all the selves we have the capacity to be.”
― Biased: Uncovering the Hidden Prejudice That Shapes What We See, Think, and Do
― Biased: Uncovering the Hidden Prejudice That Shapes What We See, Think, and Do
“I was genuinely interested in placing what happened in New Orleans in a more global context to understand how loss, danger, and forced migration play out in other parts of the world.”
― The Yellow House
― The Yellow House
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― The Yellow House
― The Yellow House
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― Drive Your Plow Over the Bones of the Dead
― Drive Your Plow Over the Bones of the Dead
“We choose what to pay attention to based on the ideas that we already have in our heads.”
― Biased: Uncovering the Hidden Prejudice That Shapes What We See, Think, and Do
― Biased: Uncovering the Hidden Prejudice That Shapes What We See, Think, and Do
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