#discrimination

Growing up in a very rural and remote area in Colorado's San Luis Valley - one of the poorest counties in the United States - essentially created the framework of values from which I operate. I stand up for the little guy. I fight discrimination at all levels. I fight for an inclusive America. ↗

— Ken Salazar

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Racism cannot be cured solely by attacking some of the results it produces, like discrimination in housing or in education. ↗

— Sargent Shriver

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Certainly, the poverty, the discrimination, the episodic unemployment could not but strike an inquiring youngster: why did these exist, and what could we do about them. ↗

— Joseph Stiglitz

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I knew that discrimination existed, even though there were many individuals who were not prejudiced. ↗

— Joseph Stiglitz

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How I wish we lived in a time when laws were not necessary to safeguard us from discrimination. ↗

— Barbra Streisand

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Any discrimination, like sharp turns in a road, becomes critical because of the tremendous speed at which we are traveling into the high-tech world of a service economy. ↗

— Clarence Thomas

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Proposition 8 fails to advance any rational basis in singling out gay men and lesbians for denial of a marriage licence. Indeed, the evidence shows Proposition 8 does nothing more than enshrine in the California constitution the notion that opposite-sex couples are superior to same-sex couples. ↗

— Vaughn Walker

#discrimination #gay-rights #heterosexuality #homosexuality #law

Sexual, racial, gender violence and other forms of discrimination and violence in a culture cannot be eliminated without changing culture. ↗

— Charlotte Bunch

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Like all citizens, Ms. McNeill has the right to be free from unlawful employment practices such as sex discrimination and retaliation. ↗

— John Hawkins

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Daley may not feel a moral responsibility to eliminate discrimination but he has a legal obligation to do so. ↗

— Bobby Rush

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