Racism and sexism are not "problems" or "topics." They are ways of defining reality and living our lives that most of us learned along with learning how to tie our shoes and how to drink from a cup.
Interpretation
Racism and sexism are deeply ingrained societal constructs that shape our reality from a young age.
In this quote, Paula Rothenberg argues that racism and sexism are not merely societal issues or subjects of discussion; they are fundamental frameworks through which individuals perceive and engage with the world. These ideologies are woven into the fabric of our lives, often learned unconsciously alongside basic skills, highlighting the pervasive nature of prejudice in our upbringing and daily interactions.
In practice
During a diversity training session to highlight the importance of understanding systemic issues.
White privilege is the other side of racism. Unless we name it, we are in danger of wallowing in guilt or moral outrage with no idea of how to move beyond them. It is often easier to deplore racism and its effects than to take responsibility for the privileges some of us receive as a result of it... Once we understand how white privilege operates, we can begin to take steps to dismantle it on both a personal and institutional level.
Christian creeds and doctrines, the clergy's own fatal inventions, through all the ages has made of Christendom a slaughterhouse, and divided it into sects of inextinguishable hatred for one another.
whatever is profound loves masks; what is most profound even hates image and parable.
Do you know what we call opinion in the absence of evidence? We call it prejudice.
One of Satan's greatest tools is pride: to cause a man or a woman to center so much attention on self that he or she becomes insensitive to his Creator or fellow beings. It is a cause for discontent, divorce, teenage rebellion, family indebtedness, and most other problems we face.
Power tends to corrupt, and absolute power corrupts absolutely.
He despised his body for its boring hungers, reflex anger; its petty, obliterating rage. But now he'd become detached. He regarded his body with a tender regret. It was the thing his spirit had to haul.
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