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I believe in the limitlessness of humans. We're capable of incredible things. At times, that realization is frightening. ”
Black Lives Matter is not just concerned with what happens in policing. The disregard, the disrespect, and the lack of dignity for black life transcends through the fabric of our society. ”
The animals of the world exist for their own reasons. They were not made for humans any more than black people were made for white, or women created for men. ”
I'm tri-racial: African-American, Native American and Euro - that's the Scotch-Irish part. ”
Demands for equality for women are threats to men's self-esteem and sense of sexual turf. ”
If a group of humans began to run regularly, perhaps allowing them to hunt or scavenge more effectively, anatomical changes would follow, especially among the still-developing youngsters. ”
Parents are destined to sin against their kids; it's inevitable. As is narcissism and the human condition. Everyone has their ego and their ambitions. Life happens in between. ”
I think it is the easiest mentality for a human being to be either colonized or to colonize. The structure of either the slave or the master seems to be the simplest and the most relaxing one to slip into. Either you are a slave, and you don't have to think for yourself, or you're a master, and you don't have to work for yourself. ”
Being an artist and a human in this world always means confronting people who make you feel like you have to act according to their rules. ”
I've always believed you go to literature to find the shared human experience, not the categorized human experience. ”