I'm not allowing my perspective to be dictated by the dominant culture. — Holly Near Copy Share Image
“pluralism today—at least in America—exists without a dominant culture,” — James Davison Hunter Copy Share Image
As a Jewish thinker, I don't think of myself in relationship to the dominant culture's religion. — Emily Barton Copy Share Image
Everything the Beats stood for was the opposite of the dominant culture today. — Lawrence Ferlinghetti Copy Share Image
We need to challenge the dominant culture: by ethics, principles and values. — Tariq Ramadan Copy Share Image
I think a lot of us are increasingly recognizing that the dominant culture is killing the planet, — Derrick Jensen Copy Share Image
Sometimes people of color walk into these spaces that are dominated by the dominant culture, and we have to be better, not… — Tanya Saracho Copy Share Image
We live in a dominant culture of ceaseless Departure and Progress that has so far lasted two or three centuries. — John Berger Copy Share Image
It frequently happens that when the dominant culture loses a vision or actively suppresses it, this lost knowledge arises again among those… — Kim Chernin Copy Share Image
Mainstream Canadians, what some might call the dominant culture, like to think this racism doesn't happen. It's important to remind people that… — Don Iveson Copy Share Image
The culture isn't set up to embrace what we think and feel. Any doubt about that, just watch the ads on TV.… — Tom Regan Copy Share Image
If you're doing something outside of dominant culture, there's not an easy place for you. You will have to do it yourself. — Ava DuVernay Copy Share Image
Breaking with the pack may be exactly what we should be doing. Saying "no" to the dominant culture that is trapping us… — Frances Moore Lappé Copy Share Image
The dominant culture in most big companies demands punishment for a mistake, no matter how useful, small, invisible... — Tom Peters Copy Share Image
“Many of those who pontificate about "acculturation" are inclined to underestimate this element of choice. Such processes are often described in terms… — Kate Fox Copy Share Image
When I grew up in the '60s, we were actually dominated by this, you know, sort of conforming '50s culture, even though… — Gus Van Sant Copy Share Image
“An elevated view of one’s self leads to the perception of other cultures through the lens of American Christian exceptionalism. Other cultures… — Soong-Chan Rah Copy Share Image
“It wasn’t a matter of conscious choice, necessarily, just a matter of gravitational pull, the way integration always worked, a one-way street.… — Barack Obama Copy Share Image
It's really important to have life strategies and part of that is sort of knowing where you want to go so you… — Bell Hooks Copy Share Image
“colonial American and Australian schoolchildren once memorized poems about British skylarks while the blue jays or cockatoos (according to continent) squawked outside,… — Barbara Kingsolver Copy Share Image
“The dominant culture eats entire biomes. No, that is too generous, because eating implies a natural biological relationship. This culture doesn't just… — Aric McBay Copy Share Image
We live in a culture that has institutionalized the oppression of animals on at least two levels: in formal structures such as… — Carol J. Adams Copy Share Image
The modern child may early in his or her existence have natural inclinations toward spirituality. The child may have imagination, originality, a… — Thomas Merton Copy Share Image
The creative process ignites our imagination, and I believe that that same imagination is what will propel us forward with issues of… — Terry Tempest Williams Copy Share Image
Many teachers of the Sixties generation said "We will steal your children", and they did. A significant part of America has converted… — Pat Buchanan Copy Share Image
I think that every minority in the United States of America knows everything about the dominant culture. From the time you can… — Spike Lee Copy Share Image
Elvis [Presley] had a stepstool, if you will, to success because he came from the dominant culture. They identified with him. Michael… — Michael Eric Dyson Copy Share Image
We should never denigrate any other culture but rather help people to understand the relationship between their own culture and the dominant… — Edward T. Hall Copy Share Image
Everything is deeply affected by the dominant culture. Consumerism is huge in the US. This is by far the wealthiest [nation], but… — Wangechi Mutu Copy Share Image
The percentage of Indian kids doing some sort of artistic work is much higher than in the general population - painting, drawing,… — Sherman Alexie Copy Share Image
Changing the way we talk is not political correctness run amok. It reflects an admirable willingness to acknowledge others who once were… — David Plotz Copy Share Image
The treatment of children in Indian residential schools is a sad chapter in our history... Two primary objectives of the residential schools… — Stephen Harper Copy Share Image
“This book is about fighting back. The dominant culture -civilization- is killing the planet, and it is long past time for those… — Derrick Jensen Copy Share Image
I'm not against other cultures, but I believe what the Germans call a "leitkultur", a dominant culture that we should have, even… — Geert Wilders Copy Share Image