Too often a story is examined through biased eyes, without a sensitivity for everyone who forged it. It's seen from the point of view of the great white savior, and rarely is the perspective of the slave a part.
Interpretation
Stories are often told from biased perspectives that overlook the experiences of marginalized voices.
This quote highlights the importance of recognizing diverse perspectives in storytelling, particularly how historical narratives are shaped by those in power while marginalizing the voices of oppressed individuals. Jeffrey Wright emphasizes the need for sensitivity and inclusivity in understanding stories, advocating for a more holistic view that includes all who contributed to it, rather than focusing solely on the dominant viewpoint.
In practice
This quote could be used in a discussion about representation in media and literature.
What I've learned in my career as an actor is that you're only as good as your collaborators. The process is many things, but it is wholly collaborative, particularly with something like 'Westworld,' which is a 10-episode-per-season gig, and we're just now on the 7th episode.
A war is not won if the defeated enemy has not been turned into a friend.
It is an error to believe that Christ did not teach a determined body of doctrine applicable to all times and to all men, but rather that He inaugurated a religious movement adapted, or to be adapted, to different times and different places.
There's a certain point, when you're writing autobiographical stuff, where you don't want to misrepresent yourself. It would be dishonest.
Wouldn't it be better to have a watertight law designed to catch the guilty, rather than a press release law designed to catch the headlines?
Whether you call the principle of existence "God," "matter," "energy," or anything else you like, you have created nothing; you have merely changed a symbol. Eastern and Western Thinking, 1938
Property, the right to enjoy the fruits of one's labor, the right to work, to develop, to exercise one's faculties, according to one's own understanding, without the state intervening otherwise than by its protective action; this is what is meant by liberty
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