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until the last quarter of the twentieth century, racially explicit policies of federal, state, and local governments defined where whites and African Americans should live.
“Disability is spiritual dissent. Disability politics are a provocative challenge to prevailing conceptions of human value, a refusal to swallow the lie that some bodies and minds deserve to be discarded or disdained.”
― Loving Our Own Bones: Disability Wisdom and the Spiritual Subversiveness of Knowing Ourselves Whole
― Loving Our Own Bones: Disability Wisdom and the Spiritual Subversiveness of Knowing Ourselves Whole
“I claim disability as a vital part of my own identity, as a meaningful way of naming and celebrating the intricate unfolding of my own skin and soul.”
― Loving Our Own Bones: Disability Wisdom and the Spiritual Subversiveness of Knowing Ourselves Whole
― Loving Our Own Bones: Disability Wisdom and the Spiritual Subversiveness of Knowing Ourselves Whole
“To recognize something as beautiful, sometimes all it takes is a change of perspective.”
― Better Living Through Birding: Notes from a Black Man in the Natural World
― Better Living Through Birding: Notes from a Black Man in the Natural World
“In some sense, all of us are alone, because no one experiences our lives for us and no one encounters our particular mixture of joys and sorrows. Reflecting on this can help us appreciate the uniqueness of the life that each of us has.”
― How to Live Well with Chronic Pain and Illness: A Mindful Guide
― How to Live Well with Chronic Pain and Illness: A Mindful Guide
“I don’t think we can rely on governments, regardless of who is in power, to do the work that only mass movements can do. I think what is most important about the sustained demonstrations that are now happening is that they are having the effect of refusing to allow these issues to die.”
― Freedom Is a Constant Struggle: Ferguson, Palestine, and the Foundations of a Movement
― Freedom Is a Constant Struggle: Ferguson, Palestine, and the Foundations of a Movement
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