“ Unless one lives and loves in the trenches, it is difficult to remember that the war against dehumanization is ceaseless. Audre Lorde
“ Institutionalized rejection of difference is an absolute necessity in a profit economy which needs outsiders as surplus people. Audre Lorde
“ Why did you revive me? Alecto repeated. Well… uh, well…. Mandy hesitated, her voice full of sudden misery. They say there are five stages of grief, you know… five stages. denial, anger, bargaining, de… Rebecca McNutt
“ In order for slavery to work, in order for us to buy, sell, beat, and trade people like animals, Americans had to completely dehumanize slaves. And whether we directly participated in that or were sim… Brene Brown
“ He felt like the world didn’t want him, like he was born hated, and he was. He was smart, he was funny, he’d never done a bad deed in his life, born innocent just like all the rest of us… but he was b… Rebecca McNutt
“ In the interests of separation, Black women have been taught to view each other as always suspect, heartless competitors for the scarce male, the all-important prize that could legitimize our existenc… Audre Lorde
“ For it was authority that turned men suspicious and stern-faced. Authority and responsibility which made them not themselves, but a sort of corporate body that tried to think as a corporate body rathe… Clifford D. Simak
“ When you say Jonah seems broken, what do you mean? Justine said.I think he's broken and that people mistake it for shamelessness, I said. People really were very keen to imagine Jonah as shameless, as… Jon Ronson
“ What we are now witnessing in the 21st century is the fracture or complete breakdown of families, societies, and governments as a result of centuries of dehumanization that have taken a toll. More nat… Liza Lugo
“ Traumatic events destroy the sustaining bonds between individual and community. Those who have survived learn that their sense of self, of worth, of humanity, depends upon a feeling of connection with… Judith Lewis Herman
