Oppression Quotes

When all is said and done, it looks like the Palestinians have been massively robbed and abused, and are engaged in a desperate struggle for survival and liberation. Israel, on the other hand, would appear to be conducting an imperialistic campaign of oppression supported and substantially armed by the most powerful nation on earth. Michael Leunig
Struggle Survival Oppression Desperate Nation Other Earth Liberation Would Imperialistic Supported Powerful Abuse Powerful Nation Robbed Armed Like Most Massively Most Powerful Looks Said Israel Been Hand Campaign Conducting Done Substantially Engaged Appear Palestinians
If there is any hope that we in America might one day overcome our own history of genocide, slavery, discrimination, and oppression and create a justice system that is truly a source of international pride rather than shame, I suspect Rwanda may have as much to teach us about what is required as any tour of a Norwegian prison. Michelle Alexander
Hope Day History Justice Genocide Oppression Pride Overcome Prison Own Our One Day System About Rather Shame Tour Source Truly Discrimination Than America Suspect Any May Norwegian Might Us Create Much Required Teach International Slavery
Peace along with freedom and justice are the pillars for attaining both security and stability and will pave the way towards the eradication of oppression, extremism, and terrorism in our world. Najib Mikati
Freedom Terrorism Justice Peace Oppression World Will Our Way Extremism Our World Security Both Attaining Towards Along Pillars Stability Pave
When you have increasing power of religious groups, oppression of women increases. Women are oppressed in all religions. Nawal El Saadawi
You Women Oppression Power Increases Increasing All Religions Religions Religious Oppressed Women Are Groups
In effect, Saudi Arabia legitimizes fundamentalism, religious discrimination, intolerance and the oppression of women. Saudi women not only can't drive, but are also told by some clerics that they mustn't wear seatbelts for fear of showing the outlines of their bodies. Nicholas Kristof
Women Oppression Fear Drive Intolerance Arabia Religious Wear Some Only Outlines Also Effect Discrimination Bodies Showing Fundamentalism Saudi Saudi Arabia
Anytime that someone defies the status quo and defies oppression, it feels like a step in the right direction. Nina Jacobson
Oppression Status Status Quo Someone Direction Step Feels Like Quo Anytime Right Right Direction
Religion is a tool to stamp out oppression, repression, and tyranny. It's to save the oppressed. That's what religion is for. Orlando Jones
Religion Oppression Tyranny Tool Out Oppressed Repression Stamp Save
The sources of Islamism's strength include the fact that it is a response to the oppression of the Third World as a whole. Rene Girard
Strength Oppression World Response Fact Sources Whole Include Third Third World
I grew up poor and white. While my class oppression has been relatively visible to me, my race privilege has not. In my efforts to uncover how race has shaped my life, I have gained deeper insight by placing race in the center of my analysis and asking how each of my other group locations have socialized me to collude with racism. Robin DiAngelo
Life Me Class Racism Oppression My Life White Group Other Analysis Relatively Visible Locations Has-Been Insight Shaped Uncover How Been Up Privilege Efforts Grew Center Gained While Placing Race Poor Asking Each Deeper Socialized
As a social concept, 'white' is profound in its meaning. It means people who either come from or appear to come from Europe, but it's necessarily a construct of oppression. Robin DiAngelo
People Oppression White Construct Come Concept Either Social Meaning Means Who Europe Appear Necessarily Profound
Oppression is something that one group of people commits against another group specifically because of a threatening characteristic shared by the latter group. Robin Morgan
People Oppression Group Characteristic Latter Threatening Something Shared Another Because Against Specifically
Being black in America - especially as I was growing up - the feeling of oppression, the feeling of being outcast, the feeling of not having a voice was part of my life. Rza
Life Oppression Black My Life Feeling Outcast Having Voice Part Up America Being Growing Growing Up
The history of black America was from slavery, oppression, civil rights, and you felt kind of isolated as an entity in our country. Rza
History You Rights Oppression Black Country Our Kind Black America Civil Civil Rights Entity Felt Isolated America The History Of Slavery
This is how systems of oppression work: The violence, discrimination, and stigma I face as a woman compounds the violence, discrimination, and stigma I face as a trans person, and vice versa. Sarah McBride
Work Woman Oppression Face Vice Versa Systems Compounds How Stigma Versa Discrimination Person Vice Violence
Illicit trade corrupts corporations and governments alike, allows dictators to survive, and obscures oppression, including modern day slavery. Sharan Burrow
Day Oppression Corrupts Corporations Alike Trade Governments Dictators Survive Modern Modern-Day To Survive Including Slavery
We must use words to uplift and include. We can use our words to fight back against oppression and hate. But we must also channel our words into action. Stacey Abrams
Fight Hate Oppression Words Action Channel Back Our Must Also Uplift Against Use Include
'Between Shades of Gray' is a story of astonishing force. I feel grateful for a writer like Ruta Sepetys who bravely tells the hard story of what happens to the innocent when world leaders and their minions choose hate and oppression. Beautiful and unforgettable. Susan Campbell Bartoletti
Beautiful Grateful Hate Oppression World Innocent Astonishing Tells Shades Writer Leaders Feel Between Like Force Bravely Unforgettable Happens Story Hard Choose Who World Leaders Gray
The brutality against the Baloch people represents the worst form of State oppression. Sushma Swaraj
People Oppression State Worst Brutality Represents Form Against
The Enlightenment attacked religion - Christianity, mainly - for two reasons: that it was a set of ideological delusions, and that it was a system of institutional oppression, with immense powers of persecution and intolerance. Tariq Ali
Religion Oppression Christianity Intolerance Immense System Attacked Mainly Delusions Institutional Powers Ideological Persecution Reasons Enlightenment Two Set
Together we have travelled a long road to be where we are today. This has been a road of struggle against colonial and apartheid oppression. Thabo Mbeki
Today Struggle Together Oppression Long Has-Been Colonial Long Road Road Been Where Against Apartheid Travelled
I have always striven to raise the voice of hope for a world where hate gives way to respect and oppression to liberation. Theodore Bikel
Hope Respect Hate Oppression World Way Liberation Voice Gives Always Where Raise
Public protests against globalization - protests that occur by and large in the prosperous West - denounce free trade and the mobility of capital as instruments of exploitation and oppression. Thomas Woods
Oppression Free Exploitation Free Trade Prosperous Globalization Instruments Protests Trade Occur West Mobility Denounce Against Public Capital Large
Progress is always relative: to the oppressed, it can only be viewed as an all or nothing deal - if oppression continues, even in a modified form, then the system must still be attacked until that injustice is eradicated. Tim Wise
Injustice Oppression Progress Nothing Relative System Must Only Attacked Until Deal Always Still Eradicated Oppressed Form Then Modified Viewed Even
Too often, systems of oppression turn those who are the targets of the oppression against one another. Tim Wise
Oppression Too Those Systems Another Targets Often Against Turn Who
If writers just sit and talk about oppression, they are not going to do much writing. V. S. Naipaul
Writing Oppression Sit About Writers Talk Going Just Much
My purpose is to unite people, to bring us together. And above all, to be a champion for justice and a vehement opponent of oppression and justice. Vic Mensa
Justice Together Champion People Oppression Above Purpose Vehement Opponent Us Unite Bring
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