Planting The Seeds Quotes 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…

— 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…

— 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…

— 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…

— 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…

— 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,…

— 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…

— 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…

— 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…

— 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…

— 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…

— 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…

— 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…

— 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…

— 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…

— Louis Yako