— Sharon Smith (writer) American historian 1956
A Marxist Case For Intersectionality (2017)
(1981)
— Sharon Smith (writer) American historian 1956
A Marxist Case For Intersectionality (2017)
„There are only two forces that unite men — fear and interest.“
— Napoleon I of France French general, First Consul and later Emperor of the French 1769 - 1821
Napoleon : In His Own Words (1916)
Context: There are only two forces that unite men — fear and interest. All great revolutions originate in fear, for the play of interests does not lead to accomplishment.
— Konstantin Rokossovsky Soviet and Polish military commander 1896 - 1968
February 1943. Quoted in "Russia at War, 1941-1945" - Page 543 - by Alexander Werth - 1964
— John Muir Scottish-born American naturalist and author 1838 - 1914
Source: 1900s, Our National Parks (1901), chapter 10: The American Forests
— Karl Wilhelm Friedrich Schlegel German poet, critic and scholar 1772 - 1829
Was sich thun lässt, so lange Philosophie und Poesie getrennt sind, ist gethan und vollendet. Also ist die Zeit nun da, beyde zu vereinigen.
“Ideas,” Lucinde and the Fragments, P. Firchow, trans. (1991), § 108
— George MacDonald Scottish journalist, novelist 1824 - 1905
Source: Dictionary of Burning Words of Brilliant Writers (1895), p. 148
„There are only two forces at work in this world- black and white. Only people are grey.“
— Chris Heimerdinger American writer 1963
Source: Gadiantons and the Silver Sword
— Warren Farrell author, spokesperson, expert witness, political candidate 1943
Source: The Boy Crisis (2018), pp. 276
„Usually the black racist has been produced by the white racist.“
— Malcolm X American human rights activist 1925 - 1965
"On the difference between white racism and black racism," Harvard Law School Forum. December 16, 1964, p. 195-96
Malcolm X Speaks (1965)
Context: Usually the black racist has been produced by the white racist. In most cases where you see it, it is the reaction to white racism, and if you analyze it closely, it's not really black racism... If we react to white racism with a violent reaction, to me that's not black racism. If you come to put a rope around my neck and I hang you for it, to me that's not racism. Yours is racism, but my reaction has nothing to do with racism...
— Malcolm X American human rights activist 1925 - 1965
Quoted by Alex Haley, after a college campus speech, in the epilogue to The Autobiography.
The Autobiography of Malcolm X (1965)
— Herbert Hoover 31st President of the United States of America 1874 - 1964
Herbert Hoover, 1874-1964 (1971)
„Music has been a shaping force… music has been there to guide the development of human nature.“
— Daniel Levitin, book The World in Six Songs
The World in Six Songs (2008)
— Ibram X. Kendi American author and historian 1982
On the American working class in “Ibram X Kendi on why not being racist is not enough” https://www.theguardian.com/world/2019/aug/14/ibram-x-kendi-on-why-not-being-racist-is-not-enough in The Guardian (2019 Aug 14)
— Bell Hooks, book Feminist Theory: From Margin to Center
p. 12.
Source: Feminist Theory: From Margin to Center (1984), Chapter 1: Black Women: Shaping Feminist Theory, p. 13-14.
Context: Recent focus on the issue of racism has generated discourse but has had little impact on the behavior of white feminists towards black women. Often the white women who are busy publishing papers and books on "unlearning racism" remain patronizing and condescending when they relate to black women. This is not surprising given that frequently their discourse is aimed solely in the direction of a white audience and the focus solely on changing attitudes rather than addressing racism in a historical and political context. They make us the "objects" of their privileged discourse on race. As "objects," we remain unequals, inferiors. Even though they may be sincerely concerned about racism, their methodology suggests they are not yet free of the type of remain intact if they are to maintain their authoritative positions.
Context: Racist stereotypes of the strong, superhuman black woman are operative myths in the minds of many white women, allowing them to ignore the extent to which black women are likely to be victimized in this society and the role white women may play in the maintenance and perpetuation of that victimization.... By projecting onto black women a mythical power and strength, white women both promote a false image of themselves as powerless, passive victims and deflect attention away from their aggressiveness, their power, (however limited in a white supremacist, male-dominated state) their willingness to dominate and control others. These unacknowledged aspects of the social status of many white women prevent them from transcending racism and limit the scope of their understanding of women's overall social status in the United States. Privileged feminists have largely been unable to speak to, with, and for diverse groups of women because they either do not understand fully the inter-relatedness of sex, race, and focus on class and gender, they tend to dismiss race or they make a point of acknowledging that race is important and then proceed to offer an analysis in which race is not considered.
— Napoleon I of France French general, First Consul and later Emperor of the French 1769 - 1821
Napoleon : In His Own Words (1916)
„This has always been the strength of the United States“
— George Friedman American businessman and political scientist 1949
Source: The Next 100 Years: A Forecast for the 21st Century (2009), pp. 224–225
Context: In the United States, minority populations were never an indigestible mass—with the major exceptions of the one ethnic group that did not come here voluntarily (African Americans) and those who were here when Europeans arrived (American Indians). The rest all came, clustered and dispersed, and added new cultural layers to the general society. This has always been the strength of the United States. In much of Europe, for example, Muslims have retained religious and national identities distinct from the general population, and the general population has given them little encouragement to blend. The strength of their own culture has therefore been overwhelming.
„Force always attracts men of low morality.“
— Albert Einstein German-born physicist and founder of the theory of relativity 1879 - 1955
The World As I See It, Einstein, Citadel Press (reprint 2006; originally published in 1934), p. 5
1930s
„AIDS has had the effect of forcing gay men to examine their sexual expression.“
— Michael Nava American writer 1954
Source: Non-fiction, Created equal: Why gay rights matter to America (1994), p.55