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"A man's feet should be planted in his country, but his eyes should survey the world."  George Santayana

"Building a society where different cultures are welcomed and interaction valued is a difficult task. ... The trick - difficult, to be sure, but also rewarding - is to hold on to what is good, yet incorporate what is new."  Leonard Pitts, Jr.

"But this idea that some of us are less than the rest of us, that some of us are roaches, vermin, viruses, parasites, infestations, beasts or subhumans to whom one owes no duty of human decency or commiseration, didn't start with the Nazis.  It is as old as Cain.  As widespread as the common cold.

"Yet we don't learn, never learn.  Dead Jews become dead Rwandans become dead Serbs become dead Darfurians, yet still some of us mouth pious hatreds with a smug certitude and offhand arrogance accessible only to the deeply, profoundly and utterly wrong."  Leonard Pitts Jr.

"Cultural diversity kicks ass."  South Park

"Details of culture, color and sexuality are dangerous becasue they assume outsized importance in our mental calculus, because they have this ability to shape people's understanding of who one is."  Leonard Pitts, Jr.

"Differences are something you live with, not something you fight about."  John Hume

"For those who have seen the Earth from space, and for the hundreds and perhaps thousands more who will, the experience most certainly changes your perspective. The things that we share in our world are far more valuable than those which divide us."  David Williams

"Gay-bashing is the IQ demarcation line if the subzero intellect."  Tim Dorsey,  Cadillac Beach

"How can we remain silent about so many kinds of violence perpetuated in the name of faith? Wars of religion, the courts of of the Inquisition, and other mechanisms whereby the rights of individuals were violated ... It is necessary that the Church ... take the initiative in reviewing the darker aspects of its history, judging them in the light of the principles enunciated in the Gospels." Pope John Paul II

"Human diversity makes tolerance more than a virtue; it makes it a requirement for survival."  Rene Dubos

"I am glad I stayed in my seat on a Montgomery, Alabama, bus, Dec. 1, 1955."  Rosa Parks, civil rights hero

"I am in the right, and you are in the wrong.  When you are the stronger, you ought to tolerate me; for it is your duty to tolerate truth.  But when I am the stronger, I shall persecute you; for it is my duty to persecute error."  Thomas Babington Macaulay,  Critical and Historical Essays

"I don't know who's a Sunni and who's a Shia , and I don't care."  Sheikh Mohammed bin Rashid al Mahtoum of Dubai

"I don't like getting pushed around for being a Jew, and I don't think Christians like getting pushed around for being Christians."  Ben Stein

"I have never told my own religion nor scrutinized that of another.  I never attempted to make a convert, nor wished  to change another's creed.  I am satisfied that yours must be an excellent religion to have produced a life of such exemplary virtue and correctness.  For it is on our lives, and not from our words, that our religion must be judged."  Thomas Jefferson, letter to Mrs. H. Harrison

"I wonder why we say that people are of different 'races.'  It seems to m we're all running at the same speed and heading towards the same destination.  the only 'winners' are the ones who've made the world a better place fpr having been there!"  Lynn Johnston,  For Better or Worse 

"If we are to achieve a richer culture, rich in contrasting values, we must recognize the whole gamut of human potentialities, and so weave a less arbitrary social fabric, one in which each diverse human gift will find a fitting place."  Margaret Mead

"In the 21st century, there can be no place for xenophobia, anti-Semitism or other forms of racial or religious intolerance.  This is not only our debt to the millions who died in the gas chambers, it is our duty to future generations."  Vladimir Putin

The Little Cupcakes, by Anthony King with Sue Hellard's illustrations, is a story for all children about the importance of difference and diversity.  It's a must read.  Nancy   Children's books

I wasn't going to read The Lost German Slave Girl by John Bailey on the grounds  millions of nameless slaves will never have their stories recorded, so how was the plight of a white slave in the US any more compelling?  But that's just stupid.  In fact, it sounds like politically correct speak.  Ugh. The book, a factual account of American slavery, is horrifying, but well researched and well written.  I even learned why my German ancestors probably left Europe - the crops failed several years in a row due to massive volcanic eruptions that disrupted climatic patterns.  Read The Lost German Slave Girl no matter where your family history began.  Like the incredible saga of Adam Hochschild's Bury the Chains, the story of the British abolitionist movement, it's important to remember every story we can.  Nancy If a book you're looking for is out of print, click on any link to Amazon Books Home Page, Amazon.ca, Amazon.co.uk,or Alibris to find out if it is available as a used book. Mini Book Review List

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