Elevation Quote by Robin DiAngelo

“Racism has two primary functions: the oppression of people of color, which most people recognize, but also the simultaneous elevation of white people. You can't hold one group down without lifting the other up.” quote by Robin DiAngelo — Download Open image

“Racism has two primary functions: the oppression of people of color, which most people recognize, but also the simultaneous elevation of white people. You can't hold one group down without lifting the other up.”

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We must begin by acknowledging that there is a complete absence of two things in Indian Society. One of these is equality. On the social plane we have an India based on the principles of graded inequality, which means elevation for some and degradation for others. On the economic plane we have a society in which there are some who…

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Fasting is not bodily hunger but bodily elevation and purity. It is not a body that hungers and longs for food, but a body that rids itself of the desire to eat. Fasting is a time when the soul flourishes and lifts the body up with it. It rids the body of its loads and burdens and lifts it up…

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Literature is well enough, as a time-passer, and for the improvement and general elevation and purification of mankind, but it has no practical value.

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I think space, architectural space, is my thing. It's not about facade, elevation, making image, making money. My passion is creating space.

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I am deeply interested in the progress and elevation of journalism, having spent my life in that profession, regarding it as a noble profession…

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“I like anything that is thought provoking and elevates one's consciousness to the highest and out of it's safety net, making one breathe aspiration.”

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