Racism is a disease in society. We're all equal. I don't care what their colour is, or religion. Just as long as they're human beings they're my buddies.
Interpretation
Racism undermines society, and true equality transcends color and religion.
This quote by Mandawuy Yunupingu emphasizes the idea that racism is detrimental to societal health, and it advocates for recognizing our shared humanity regardless of differences in color or religion. Yunupingu's message promotes unity and friendship among all individuals, encouraging a loving and accepting attitude toward one another.
In practice
In a speech advocating for diversity and inclusion.
The name Yunupingu means 'rock - rock that stands against time'. The name Yunupingu belonged to my grandad, like he was a hero in his time. It was passed down through the generations to my Father. It's a name that makes us understand who we are, where we're coming from and what our connections are to mother earth and the universe.
One minute. You know nothing about him. He probably has his own joys and interests- wife, children, snug little home. That's where we practical fellows'- he smiled-'are more tolerant than you intellectuals. We live and let live, and assume that things are jogging on fairly well elsewhere, and that the ordinary plain man may be trusted to look after his own affairs.
The Hebrew Bible contains multiple provisions to ensure that no one would go hungry. The corners of the field, forgotten sheaves of grain, gleanings that drop from the hands of the gleaner, and small clusters of grapes left on the vine were to be given to the poor.
In order to exercise the right to freedom of speech conferred by the Constitution, one should fulfill the social responsibility of a Chinese citizen.
Content with poverty, my soul I arm; And virtue, though in rags, will keep me warm.
I feel like I could be likened to an old hound circling on a rug for the last five years.
Bliss is a thing which is always there and is not something which comes and goes. That which comes and goes is a creation of the mind.
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