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“Decolonial feminism arrives at a similar conclusion that gender is not an innocent concept. This school of thought points to gender as a colonial introduction. As a concept gender did not exist among indigenous and black people; more fluid categorisations prevailed”
― Gloria Wekker, White Innocence: Paradoxes of Colonialism and Race

“Being a human means accepting promises from other people and trusting that other people will be good to you. When that is too much to bear, it is always possible to retreat into the thought, “I’ll live for my own comfort, for my own revenge, for my own anger, and I just won’t be a member of society anymore.” That really means, “I won’t be a human being anymore.”
― Martha Nussbaum

“Be careful not to measure your holiness by other people's sins.”
― Martin Luther

“When I was young, I admired people who were clever. Now that I am old, I admire people who are kind.”
― Martin Buber