prejudices

We must tell the world that even though we elected a bigot, bigotry will not prevail.

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.

A stereotype is not a stereotype if it's true.

Standing against discrimination for some while supporting discrimination against others hurts us all.

It speaks volumes when people who are discriminated against go on to discriminate against others.

Reducing a group to a slur or stereotype reduces us all.

Confession time: I doubt I would ever have picked up one of Marjorie__ books, had I not met her in person. The reason is they__e categorized as Romances, which is where they are shelved in bookstores. Though I have no justification for avoiding it, the romance section is an area in bookstores I seldom wander into. Her novels also have traditional-looking romance book covers, which are occasionally a bit off-putting to us mighty manly men. Then again, who knows? I don__ carry many biases where good storytelling is concerned. I__ willing to find it anywhere, as too many of my friends will attest, when I try to drag them to wonderful movies that they aren__ eager to go to, simply because they fall under the chick-flick rubric. So, in any case, I__ glad I did meet Marjorie Liu in person, because it would have been a shame to miss out on the work of an author this talented due to whatever degree of cultural prejudices I might still possess. I trust you who read this won__ make the same mistake.

Noah had transformed in my eyes, too, butt it wasn't because he had changed. It was my perception of him had changed. He'd always been the cool person I'd come to know and respect, I'd just been blinded by my prejudices.

Bigotry and sexism destroy the unity needed for a nation to live.

There is nothing 'honorable' or 'reasonable' in giving a pass to those who want to discriminate.

You will think you take generous views of her; but you will never begin to know through what a strange sea of feeling she passed before she accepted you. As she stood there in front of you the other day, she plunged into it. She said 'Why not?' to something which, a few hours earlier, had been inconceivable. She turned about on a thousand gathered prejudices and traditions as on a pivot, and looked where she had never looked hitherto.

A good judge is not one who is impartial, but one who has prejudice for good.

People often call fighting discrimination being 'PC' because they don't want their own unearned privileges challenged.

Political correctness_ is a label the privileged often use to distract from their privilege and hate.

No, I mean, this is a problem that most people have. A problem of the human condition. We get ahold of some kind of shorthand in understanding people, and we think it works, and we use it to assess, categorize, and then, very often, dismiss people. It's the basis for stereotyping, profiling, and several other very sorry words that end in i-n-g.

Privilege is when you contribute to the oppression of others and then claim that you are the one being discriminated against.