Chance is commonly viewed as a self-correcting process in which a deviation in one direction induces a deviation in the opposite direction to restore the equilibrium. In fact, deviations are not "corrected" as a chance process unfolds, they are merely diluted.
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I might not have risen to destroy people's beliefs, but some beliefs do need destruction if the human society is meant to progress in harmony instead of sinking into the depths of illustrious interhuman conflicts. Meekness-induced prejudices have no place in the society of thinking humanity.
The best way to expose our ignorance is to hold on to biased ideas and opinions, because we fear giving the upper hand to the other side.
When we hide discrimination under the guise of 'religious freedom,' we make a mockery of human rights.
Every question was also an opportunity to create an impression that would guide how all subsequent answers to questions got interpreted.
Learning to be aware of what you unconsciously know may depend on a line of focused effort and specialized knowledge and even some measure of aptitude, but actually learning it may be effortless, automatic, and require very little of what we normally think of as intelligence.
Extreme right-wingers are known for giving God a bad name; extreme left-wingers are known for giving God a weak name. He's not as simple as conservative versus liberal, old versus new. His wings are balanced. God is both and neither.
Racism is, among other things, the unearned skepticism of one group of humans joined to the unearned sympathy for another.
Whites saying 'make America white again' is like millionaires saying 'make the wealthy rich again.
Privilege is when you can afford to sit back and watch as others' rights are trampled upon.
Bigotry is based on deception, of oneself and of others.
Urging an organization to be inclusive is not an attack. It's progress.
People often call fighting racism being 'PC' when they don't want to confront their own prejudice
Never be content to sit back and watch as others' rights are trampled upon. Your rights could be next.
The minute we look away, the minute we stop fighting back, that's the minute bigotry wins.
Tolerance of intolerance enables oppression.
Saying something is 'politically correct' is often a way of dismissing the voices of the oppressed.
Standing against discrimination for some while supporting discrimination against others hurts us all.