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RELIGIOUS LITERACY
I put these religious labels on Boon, Kofi, and Avi now, but back then, the subject never came up. They were just my friends.
COMBATING BIGOTRY & HATE
“It is reassuring to have a tireless warrior against the world’s oldest hatred assume this essential role.”
INCLUSION & RESPECT
She made the same declaration the following day to her violin teacher, who promptly shot it down: “Girls can’t do that.”
EQUALITY & HUMAN RIGHTS
“If you hear the dogs, keep going. If you see the torches in the woods, keep going. If there’s shouting after you, keep going. Don’t ever stop. Keep going. If you want a taste of freedom, keep going.”
EQUALITY & HUMAN RIGHTS
Thirty years is too long, far too long, for the light of truth to shine on gross violations of human rights.
COMBATING BIGOTRY & HATE
At that point, no matter how distant in time, there will be no more need for a special day to remember the long-dead sin of discrimination.
COMBATING BIGOTRY & HATE
Having left my teenage years behind (something Anne never got to do), The Diary of Anne Frank is on my bookshelf for my children to read.
ANTI-RELIGIOUS PROPAGANDA
Those people who can actually do things, do them. It’s only the people who can’t do things who talk about it.
EQUALITY & HUMAN RIGHTS
The largest minority in the world is the female gender.
EQUALITY & HUMAN RIGHTS
The fact is that racism is an ugly undercurrent in our culture—too easy to ignore unless you are one of its victims.
