What a country needs to do is be fair to all its citizens - whether people are of a different ethnicity or gender.
Interpretation
Fairness and equality are essential for a just society that respects all individuals regardless of their background.
In this quote, Chinua Achebe emphasizes the importance of fairness and justice in society. He argues that a country must ensure that all citizens, regardless of ethnicity or gender, are treated equitably. This highlights the significance of inclusivity and respect for diversity as foundational principles for a harmonious community and sustainable development.
In practice
This quote can be used in discussions about social justice and human rights.
In fact, I thought that Christianity was very a good and a very valuable thing for us. But after a while, I began to feel that the story that I was told about this religion wasn't perhaps completely whole, that something was left out.
Writers don't give prescriptions. They give headaches!
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An angry man is always a stupid man.
...his job was the very least important part of his life, never to be mentioned except in irony.
Self-knowledge is like lost innocence; however unsettling you find it, it can never be 'unthought' or 'unknown'.
He cannot be strict in judging, who does not wish others to be strict judges of himself.
Nonconformity is the highest evolutionary attainment of social animals.
All those evil doctrines about God that work misery and madness have their origin in the brains of the wise and prudent, not in the hearts of children.
The problem of pornography is that it does not reveal too much of a woman but too little.
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