Liz Murray Quotes

Discrimination has a lot of layers that make it tough for minorities to get a leg up.

Many of the ideas that accompany privilege talk, if implemented, would wreak havoc on human wellbeing. If people truly acknowledged their privilege, they would show a greater concern for the forces behind it, which permit them to lead long, healthy, educated, leisure-filled lives, all the while incessantly complaining about the unadulterated evils of modern civilization.

What people don't know about oppression is that the oppressor works much harder. You always grew up being told you were not smart enough or not fast enough, but we all lived from the time we were children to beat the system.

I think people really need to think what it's like to have all of society arrayed against you.

Discrimination is a hellhound that gnaws at Negroes in every waking moment of their lives to remind them that the lie of their inferiority is accepted as truth in the society dominating them.

Women are treated differently by society for exactly the same reason that children and the mentally handicapped are treated differently.

It's funny how people who ain't never been down there can think that America is so fair and that we should be alright. It's funny that the people who have their foot on our neck are telling us, 'Get up. What's wrong with you?'

I usually play disenfranchised youth.

It's not even race; it's a certain type of person that gets 'Pootie Tang.'

Bill Cosby is a famous black guy who has a bully pulpit the size of the world; it's global. He puts his colossal foot on the vulnerable necks of poor people, and as a result of that, we don't have a balanced conversation.

We must confront the privileged elite who have destroyed a large part of the world.

To a considerable degree, all minority groups suffer from the same state of marginality with its haunting consequences of insecurity, conflict, and irritation.

Throughout this country's history there have of course been systematic efforts to create an official underclass.

It's important for that to exist in a society that doesn't present you with any genuine problems.

Often, those with the most to lose as a result of a poor policy move are the most vulnerable and most marginalized. Those folks need a voice, and I will endeavor to be that voice.

The margins don't get erased by simply insisting that the powers-that-be erase them.

Racism is always there underneath, but usually it is exploited in these times of economic crisis, and it's hard to find out when one slides into another.

There is a huge class conflict going on which is usually denied in the public discourse.

One needs to place the spotlight more on vulnerable groups of the population such as minorities, indigenous populations, migrants, and historically disadvantaged communities. Placing the spotlight on them brings their plight to the fore and enables the forging of a national consensus to act for their relief and protection.

As the oppressor minority subordinates and dominates the majority, it must divide it and keep it divided in order to remain in power.

A party whose mission is to live entirely upon the discovery of grievances are apt to manufacture the element upon which they subsist.

The Forgotten Man

We must make sure #MeToo breaks the race, class, gender, and faith lines that make it so hard for marginalized people to be heard.

Even if you have something that you can contribute to society, very often society doesn't view you that way. Because when you are The Other, the first response by the mainstream, if you will, is to ostracize.

Poor people are too stupid to know they're just chess pieces in a game.