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Carter G. Woodson. Excerpt of The Mis-Education of the Negro(1933).
“If you can control a man’s thinking, you do not have to worry about his action. When you determine what a man shall think you do not have to concern yourself about what he will do. If you make a man feel that he is inferior, you do not have to compel him to accept an inferior status, for he will seek it himself.
— Apr 26, 2026 04:56AM
“If you can control a man’s thinking, you do not have to worry about his action. When you determine what a man shall think you do not have to concern yourself about what he will do. If you make a man feel that he is inferior, you do not have to compel him to accept an inferior status, for he will seek it himself.
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Octavia Butler with a bar from The Lost Races of Science Fiction (1980)
“Back when Star Wars was new, a familiar excuse for ignoring minorities went something like this: ‘Science fiction is escapist literature. It’s readers/viewers don’t want to be weighted down with real problems.’ War, okay. Planet wide- destruction, okay. Kidnapping, okay. But the sight of a minority person? Too heavy. Too real…”
— Sep 11, 2026 03:16AM
“Back when Star Wars was new, a familiar excuse for ignoring minorities went something like this: ‘Science fiction is escapist literature. It’s readers/viewers don’t want to be weighted down with real problems.’ War, okay. Planet wide- destruction, okay. Kidnapping, okay. But the sight of a minority person? Too heavy. Too real…”