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> [Racism has two primary functions: the oppression of people of color, which most people recognize, but also the simultaneous elevation of white…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/robin-diangelo/racism-has-two-primary-functions-the-oppression-of-people-of-color/)

[Robin DiAngelo](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/robin-diangelo/)

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> [The oppression of any people for opinion's sake has rarely had any other effect than to fix those opinions deeper, and render…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/hosea-ballou/the-oppression-of-any-people-for-opinion-s-sake-has-rarely-had-any/)

[Hosea Ballou](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/hosea-ballou/)

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> [The clergy, no less than the capitalist class, lives on the backs of the people, profits from the degradation, the ignorance and…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/rosa-luxemburg/the-clergy-no-less-than-the-capitalist-class-lives-on-the-backs-of/)

[Rosa Luxemburg](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/rosa-luxemburg/)

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> [Where constraint breaks people, and mediation makes fools of them, the seduction of power is what makes them love their oppression. Because…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/raoul-vaneigem/where-constraint-breaks-people-and-mediation-makes-fools-of-them-the/)

[Raoul Vaneigem](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/raoul-vaneigem/)

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> [An enthusiast broods over the oppression of a people till he fancies himself commissioned by Heaven to liberate them. He ventures the…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/george-haven-putnam/an-enthusiast-broods-over-the-oppression-of-a-people-till-he-fancies/)

[George Haven Putnam](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/george-haven-putnam/)

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> [The more that I learn about what's going on, it's really hard to ignore the oppression that people are actually going through.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/malcolm-jenkins/the-more-that-i-learn-about-what-s-going-on-it-s-really-hard-to/)

[Malcolm Jenkins](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/malcolm-jenkins/)

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