Marginalized Quotes - Page 5

• In any marginalized community, whether people identify themselves or not affects us all.

  Ani DiFranco

  People, Community

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• We sometimes become so obsessed with punishing villainous characters, that we forget the collateral damage is actually experienced by marginalized groups, and we shouldn't punish them for that.

  Simon Tam

  Character, Damage, Groups

  Source: www.slate.com

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• I can only hope that Trump comes to realize the grave dangers of adopting a policy of confrontation toward Iran. Among these dangers is the likelihood that hardliners would again gain the upper hand in the governing process in Tehran, and the moderates who have sought to end national and regional tensions would be marginalized, or worse.

  Richard A. Falk

  Hands, Iran, Would Be

  Source: www.truth-out.org

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• I certainly have more enthusiasm when I'm dealing with marginalized people in Japan, and as a creative person I am part of that marginalization.

  Shinobu Yaguchi

  Japan, People, Creative

  Source: www.hollywoodchicago.com

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• The best thing is to motivate people to do their own work. I'm not opposed to making money. But I started to play rock 'n' roll to motivate others, to shake things up, wake people up and to let other skinny, pimply marginalized weirdos know they're not alone.

  Patti Smith

  Rocks, Play, People

  Source: www.sfgate.com

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• Behaviors and lifestyles that are classified as "normal" rarely get so generalized, public perception of heterosexual relationships, for instance, or of the "white" experience, allow for the infinite variety of experiences that exist under such headings, but people love to reduce the vastness of individuality and subjectivity within marginalized types of experience.

  Melissa Febos

  White, People, Perception

  Interview with Rebecca Keith, therumpus.net. April 2, 2010.

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• The developing world voice can be amplified enormously by support from the wealthy and the privileged, otherwise it's very likely to be marginalized.

  Noam Chomsky

  Voice, Support, World

  Source: www.counterpunch.org

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• Over the period from 1988 to 2005, the income share of the top five percent has grown by about 3.5 percent of global household income, and the shares of all the other groups have diminished. The greatest relative reduction was in the bottom quarter, which lost about one third of its share of global household income, declining from 1.155 to 0.775 percent, and now is even more marginalized.

  Thomas Pogge

  Groups, Income, Share

  Source: www.truth-out.org

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• Because present procedures by design favor the affluent, the poor are being increasingly marginalized. And because the poor are so marginalized, they can exert little influence on institutional design decisions. We need to break out of this vicious spiral and create momentum in the opposite direction.

  Thomas Pogge

  Opposites, Design, Decision

  Source: www.truth-out.org

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• No one who reads and reveres the New Testament should doubt for a second that the pious poor and marginalized have something to teach all of us - including German theologian-bishops - about the truth of the Gospel and the mysteries of the Kingdom of God.

  George Weigel

  Doubt, Bishops, Kingdoms

  Source: eppc.org

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• Bolivia is in the lead internationally in talking about the threat of environmental catastrophe. It's generally true where there are indigenous populations, there are important things happening; where the indigenous populations have been marginalized or exterminated, things go to a disaster. This is true worldwide, and Bolivia is striking because it's a majority population and in the lead.

  Noam Chomsky

  Talking, Environmental, Important

  Source: www.truth-out.org

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• When you are a marginalized person or a woman of color and/or someone who's a part of the LGBTQ community, your acts become politicized, just by being yourself. Because we're not completely accepting of all different kinds of human beings. By being myself, I'm doing something political.

  Amandla Stenberg

  Being Yourself, Color, Community

  Source: www.interviewmagazine.com

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• People experience all kinds of prejudice because of all different parts of themselves. And that doesn't make one part more important than the other. We live in a society that does not openly accept every kind of human being. And so the result is when you are yourself and someone who's marginalized, it becomes a revolutionary act - just being comfortable in your own body and being comfortable speaking, sharing your ideas. It's really amazing and also, like, kind of sad.

  Amandla Stenberg

  Ideas, People, Important

  Source: www.interviewmagazine.com

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• There are little Indian girls out there who look up to me, and I never want to belittle the honor of being an inspiration to them. But while I’m talking about why I’m so different, white male show runners get to talk about their art. I always get asked, ‘Where do you get your confidence?’ I think people are well meaning, but it’s pretty insulting. Because what it means to me is, ‘You, Mindy Kaling, have all the trappings of a very marginalized person. You’re not skinny, you’re not white, you’re a woman. Why on earth would you feel like you’re worth anything?’

  Mindy Kaling

  Girl, Art, Inspiration

  "Mindy Kaling Talks Body Image, Being A Role Model And Losing Her Mother, In Parade". www.huffingtonpost.com. September 26, 2013.

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