Pirates Quote by Kurt Vonnegut Jr

“All dreams of empire end because day breaks in the hearts of the slaves used to build it.”

— Luke Montgomery

But some of the nonsense was evil, since it concealed great crimes. For example, teachers of children in the United States of America wrote…

— Kurt Vonnegut

“millions of human beings were already living full and imaginative lives on the continent in 1492. That was simply the year in which sea…

— Anonymous

The chief weapon of sea pirates, however, was their capacity to astonish. Nobody else could believe, until it was too late, how heartless and…

— Kurt Vonnegut

“Those who see poverty looking for human slaves to capture, will tell you they saw him holding the handcuffs of laziness.”

— Israelmore Ayivor

“Both animal and human slaves could be controlled best if kept economically and psychically dependent on their owners.”

— David Christian

“To make slaves more amenable to control, they were often separated at birth from their families. And, like domesticated animals, many were deliberately kept…

— David A. Nibert

“In mechanical terms, humans are quite efficient converters of food into energy, so human slaves were often more valuable than animal slaves, if one…

— David Christian

“Colorblind theology (and culture) is dangerous, not just because of the obvious social harm, but because, at its core, it suggests that God made…

— Andrena Sawyer

“Pride is the problem. Everyone wants to be right so badly they overlook the "rights" of others.”

— Carlos Wallace

“Having judged, condemned, abandoned his cultural forms, his language, his food habits, his sexual behavior, his way of sitting down, of resting, of laughing,…

— Frantz Fanon

“Bigotry and sexism destroy the unity needed for a nation to live.”

— DaShanne Stokes

“What writer Audre Lorde says to black men and women is true for all of us: "If we do not define ourselves, we will…

— Pat Mora

“Blacktivitiy" Bespattered with brilliant stars shining bright And suspended over the splendid, sable sea. Though all His works are wondrous beauties, God’s greatest paintings…

— D.B. Mays

“Those with unearned privileges often spin things as 'political correctness' to further silence those they wish to oppress.”

— DaShanne Stokes