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> [“My mom gave me life When I gave her back silence not a grandchild, She reconsidered the entire cycle of life… (July 1, 2015)”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/louis-yako/my-mom-gave-me-life-when-i-gave-her-back-silence-not-a-grandchild-she/)

[Louis Yako](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/louis-yako/)

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## More by Louis Yako

> [ “\[Love Wasn’t as They Said\] Love wasn’t as they said… It didn’t last forever as they claimed… It is fleeting moments only recognized By… ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/louis-yako/love-wasn-t-as-they-said-love-wasn-t-as-they-said-it-didn-t-last/)

[Louis Yako](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/louis-yako/)

> [“It is not a secret that most American and Western institutions and workplaces are very much like mountains: the higher one climbs, the whiter…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/louis-yako/it-is-not-a-secret-that-most-american-and-western-institutions-and/)

[Louis Yako](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/louis-yako/)

> [“In the end, we are left with this painful conundrum: we only need DEI initiatives because we don’t truly have a society that values…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/louis-yako/in-the-end-we-are-left-with-this-painful-conundrum-we-only-need-dei/)

[Louis Yako](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/louis-yako/)

> [“Arabs & Garbage" Strange is the Arab story with garbage— who told them, who taught them to toss waste carelessly, wherever and however they…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/louis-yako/arabs-garbage-strange-is-the-arab-story-with-garbage-who-told-them/)

[Louis Yako](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/louis-yako/)

> [“The Triumph of Goodness" If only the reality was like cartoons like teenager books and stories or like the countless movies and soap operas…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/louis-yako/the-triumph-of-goodness-if-only-the-reality-was-like-cartoons-like/)

[Louis Yako](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/louis-yako/)

> [“Political correctness was never supposed to happen. Ever. The problem with politically correct language is already in the term itself: it corrects the language,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/louis-yako/political-correctness-was-never-supposed-to-happen-ever-the-problem/)

[Louis Yako](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/louis-yako/)

> [“Oh, my friends, the first wish I have for the new year is to change the worn-out greeting: 'happy new year'. There is no…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/louis-yako/oh-my-friends-the-first-wish-i-have-for-the-new-year-is-to-change-the/)

[Louis Yako](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/louis-yako/)

> [“Another dangerous neoliberal word circulating everywhere that is worth zooming in on is the word ‘resilience’. On the surface, I think many people won’t…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/louis-yako/another-dangerous-neoliberal-word-circulating-everywhere-that-is/)

[Louis Yako](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/louis-yako/)

> [“The first problem with the word “diversity” is the word itself. Who is diverse in relation to whom? The way diversity is often framed…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/louis-yako/the-first-problem-with-the-word-diversity-is-the-word-itself-who-is/)

[Louis Yako](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/louis-yako/)

> [“You’re crying because you think I’m going to a better place I’m crying because I think I’m leaving to a place Better than the…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/louis-yako/you-re-crying-because-you-think-i-m-going-to-a-better-place-i-m/)

[Louis Yako](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/louis-yako/)

> [“I confront the question of whether DEI initiatives are divisive and ineffective. The answer is yes on both counts, but not for the narratives…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/louis-yako/i-confront-the-question-of-whether-dei-initiatives-are-divisive-and/)

[Louis Yako](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/louis-yako/)

> [“Yesterday I learned that hours are nothing but bodies We kill upon confronting, Or perhaps they are the ones That backstab us as soon…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/louis-yako/yesterday-i-learned-that-hours-are-nothing-but-bodies-we-kill-upon/)

[Louis Yako](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/louis-yako/)

> [“I found Baghdad, like most big cities in the world: big, exciting, interesting, rich, poor, hot, cold, restless, sleepless, and cruel at one and…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/louis-yako/i-found-baghdad-like-most-big-cities-in-the-world-big-exciting/)

[Louis Yako](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/louis-yako/)

> [“We hear how diversity and equity are about lowering standards or doing away with them altogether. If DEI initiatives do the work they are…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/louis-yako/we-hear-how-diversity-and-equity-are-about-lowering-standards-or/)

[Louis Yako](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/louis-yako/)

> [“It is more important to look holistically at the root of why anyone would want to avoid work so badly that they’d game the…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/louis-yako/it-is-more-important-to-look-holistically-at-the-root-of-why-anyone/)

[Louis Yako](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/louis-yako/)

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