People Quote by Mat Johnson Download Open image “People aren't social. They're tribal. Race doesn't exist, but tribes are real.” — Mat Johnson ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ 4.0 out of 5 (6 ratings) Copy quoteShare Exist Tribes People People Aren Race Racism Real Social Social Tribal Tribal Tribal Race Tribe Tribes
It is true that race is a social fiction, a myth perpetuated by a variety of peoples throughout the modern period, especially, to further… — Michael Eric Dyson Copy Share Image
Normal social behavior requires that we be able to recognize identities in spite of change. Unless we can do so, there can be no… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
I think entire social groups are formed through technologies that could never exist in the real world, and relationships that are a function of… — Atom Egoyan Copy Share Image
I think that, in America, even though race is a social construct, I mean, we say this in theory, but I think a lot… — Rachel Dolezal Copy Share Image
Within even the most social group there are many relations that are not as yet social. — John Dewey Copy Share Image
Every one of the constituent elements of a social group, in a modern city as in a savage tribe, is born immature, helpless, without… — John Dewey Copy Share Image
“Although the emotional and intellectual differences between the world’s peoples as individuals are slight enough, even a small shift in social behavior can generate… — Nicholas Wade Copy Share Image
People would not long remain in social life if they were not the dupes of each other. — Francois de La Rochefoucauld Copy Share Image
It's just a natural part of being a social creature and being a human being. — Joseph Gordon-Levitt Copy Share Image
We're not just social animals in the conventional way that people think. It's not just a bunch of us who hang out together. We… — Nicholas A. Christakis Copy Share Image
“The Antarctic gives the impression of being white, but really it's blue. Almost entirely constructed of that pale, powder blue that at times can… — Mat Johnson Copy Share Image
“You've got to admit, slick, you got a skill for avoiding the devil." "That just means that now the devils out there, looking for… — Mat Johnson Copy Share Image
Long-haul trucking. Just roaming the country, alone, with audiobooks and podcasts, sleeping in the back of the cab, showering at gas stations at 4… — Mat Johnson Copy Share Image
“That is how they stay so white: by refusing to accept blemish or history. Whiteness isn't about being something, it is about being no… — Mat Johnson Copy Share Image
It is a great moment in every freak's life when he or she finds out that at least they are not the only one. — Mat Johnson Copy Share Image
“There are two types of lazy bosses. One is so lazy that they make you do not only your own work but theirs too.… — Mat Johnson Copy Share Image
My strong suit is that I've been willing to risk on the page to get somewhere interesting. — Mat Johnson Copy Share Image
“In this age when reality is built on big lies, what better place for truth than fiction?” — Mat Johnson Copy Share Image
“The people, they need someone to live through. Trust me, I used to be in roller derby back in the day. People need a… — Mat Johnson Copy Share Image
Even drunk, I knew any escape plan that involved going to Detroit, Michigan, was a harbinger of doom. — Mat Johnson Copy Share Image
“In the ghetto there is a mansion, and it is my father's house... Its expansive lawn is utterly useless, wild like it smokes its… — Mat Johnson Copy Share Image
If I am going to be phased out by whatever powers, then I want people to know that it is not because I am… — Parvathy Copy Share Image
Some people still believe you should just fall in line with what's going on - and that's scary. It makes a mockery of freedom… — Emily Robison Copy Share Image
The truth seems to be that propaganda on its own cannot force its way into unwilling minds; neither can it inculcate something wholly new;… — Eric Hoffer Copy Share Image
From Augustine down, theologians have tried to compel people to accept their special interpretation of the Scripture, and the tortures of the inquisition, the… — Matilda Joslyn Gage Copy Share Image
I wanted to write about voodoo tradition that I feel has been very important to survival of black people here: people of the African… — Jesmyn Ward Copy Share Image
I feel like I definitely have a real sporty style, more so than a lot of people in G.O.O.D. Music. — Big Sean Copy Share Image
I feel like the future is unwritten. So many of the things that we write now haven't been about educating people on the environment,… — John Flansburgh Copy Share Image
The only people who think the Internet is a calamity are people whose lives have been hurt by it; the only people who insist… — Chuck Klosterman Copy Share Image
Crony capitalism is essentially a condition in which... public officials are giving favours to people in the private sector in payment of political favours. — Alan Greenspan Copy Share Image
I think, here's what I've realized from interviewing people, and I've been very open about my Catholicism and my love of Christ and I… — Jay Mohr Copy Share Image
For us who are now in power, we need to be challenged to serve the people and ignore our own egos and personal interests… — Wangari Maathai Copy Share Image
When I was trying to come up with a stage name, I thought 'Lord' was super rad, but really masculine - ever since I… — Lorde Copy Share Image
