Wednesday, March 12, 2014

Whoever you are, whatever it is you are doing is all right.










*



Whoever you are, I have always depended on the kindness of strangers.   

 -Blanche dubois in A Streetcar Named Desire








(to Missie Jo):


Whatever it is that you are doing, it is all right.    

-Lily H.













*  http://www.newyorker.com/arts/critics/theatre/2009/12/14/091214crth_theatre_lahr




Thursday, March 6, 2014

Feelings of racial superiority







Feelings of superiority based on race, history, physical stature, or moral righteousness, 
undermine 
the cause of racial equality in this country.
-Lily H.




* * * * *



The fact that I prefer A to B does not mean necessarily that A is better than B.   I just like A more than B.  Even if I really don't like B at all.
-Ibid.

Sunday, March 2, 2014

Le racisme: une epithete qu'on doit parfois prendre a la legere








Les gens qui disent que quelqu'un d'autre est raciste sont souvent  plus racistes que celui-la.
-Lily H.