Berfu Sen

“People are rotten everywhere you go. They’re no good. You want to see a very bad man? Make an ordinary man successful beyond his imagination. Let’s see how good he is when he can do whatever he wants.”
― Min Jin Lee, Pachinko

“woman’s life is endless work and suffering. There is suffering and then more suffering. It’s better to expect it, you know. You’re becoming a woman now, so you should be told this. For a woman, the man you marry will determine the quality of your life completely. A good man is a decent life, and a bad man is a cursed life—but no matter what, always expect suffering, and just keep working hard. No one will take care of a poor woman—just ourselves.”
― Min Jin Lee, Pachinko

“In their data-driven account of the 2016 election, Identity Crisis, political scientists John Sides, Michael Tesler, and Lynn Vavreck conclude that “attitudes concerning race, ethnicity, and religion were more strongly related to how Americans voted in 2016 than in recent elections.”38 They also show that the centrality of racial and ethnic identity and attitudes in the election outcome was not a direct result of demographic changes in the United States or even a result of hugely shifting attitudes on race. Instead, it was about the words and behaviors of the candidates themselves in choosing to highlight certain issues (related to race and ethnicity) over other issues (anything else). By putting race and ethnicity front and center, Trump succeeded in unearthing starkly contrasting racial views among America’s cultural conservatives and cultural liberals.”
― Dannagal Goldthwaite Young, Wrong: How Media, Politics, and Identity Drive Our Appetite for Misinformation