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Jane Elliott Quotes: We dont know anything about racism. Weve never experienced it. If words can make a difference in your life for seven minutes, how would it affect you if you heard this every day of your life?
         

We dont know anything about racism. Weve never experienced it. If words can make a difference in your life for seven minutes, how would it affect you if you heard this every day of your life?


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To sit back and do nothing is to cooperate with the oppressor.

To sit back and do nothing is to cooperate with the oppressor.



We learn to be racist, therefore we can learn not to be racist. Racism is not genetical. It has everything to do with power.

We learn to be racist, therefore we can learn not to be racist. Racism is not genetical. It has everything to do with power.



I am absolutely opposed to political correctness. You cannot confront hate speech until you've experienced it. You need to hear every side of the issue instead of just one.

I am absolutely opposed to political correctness. You cannot confront hate speech until you've experienced it. You need to hear every side of the issue instead of just one.



Racism is a learned affliction and anything that is learned can be unlearned

Racism is a learned affliction and anything that is learned can be unlearned



About 10,000 years ago, males and females were acting equitably and were treating one another as equals, and then males took over the power, because they have physical power and physical strength.

About 10,000 years ago, males and females were acting equitably and were treating one another as equals, and then males took over the power, because they have physical power and physical strength.



Somebody has to wear the black hat and give the audience someone to shake their fists at. They want someone to hate. And if that's what you want to pay me to do, I'm happy to do it!

Somebody has to wear the black hat and give the audience someone to shake their fists at. They want someone to hate. And if that's what you want to pay me to do, I'm happy to do it!



I've got news for you: There are going to be people other than Christians in the hereafter. What are you going to do about it? Are you not going to go?

I've got news for you: There are going to be people other than Christians in the hereafter. What are you going to do about it? Are you not going to go?



I think I'm the only 65-year-old actress in Los Angeles who hasn't had plastic surgery, so somebody's gotta play the old-lady parts!

I think I'm the only 65-year-old actress in Los Angeles who hasn't had plastic surgery, so somebody's gotta play the old-lady parts!



I don't have a Twitter account. I don't go to fan club gatherings. I'm not one of those actors who spends a lot of time engaging with the audience.

I don't have a Twitter account. I don't go to fan club gatherings. I'm not one of those actors who spends a lot of time engaging with the audience.





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What we forgot as children is that our parents are children, also. The child in them has not been satisfied or met or loved, often.

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I feel like a blonde nothingness, alone in my own body ...... Today it's not drugs that fill my body, its despair.

I feel like a blonde nothingness, alone in my own body ...... Today it's not drugs that fill my body, its despair.



On his eighteenth day in the tiger cage, Robert Stoney began to lose hope of emerging unscathed.

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My mom was a social worker. I had a pretty good idea of what the authorities can do when a parent's not around.

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