If you have a person enslaved, the first thing you must do is to convince yourself that the person is subhuman — and won’t mind the enslavement. The second thing you must do is convince your allies that the person is subhuman so that you have some support. But the third and the unkindest cut of all is to convince that person that he, she, is not quite a first-class citizen. When the complete job has been done, the initiator can go back years later and ask, “Why don’t you people like yourselves more?” You see? It’s been true for women, it’s been true for immigrants, it’s been true for Asians, it’s been true for Spanish-speaking people. So now we have to undo. We know this — and we have to undo these lessons which have been learned by all of us. And so it will be no small matter. But we can undo it. We can learn to see each other and see ourselves in each other and recognize that human beings are more alike than we are unalike.

—

Maya Angelou, accomplished poet, writer, activist and teacher

(via mammacass)

∞Posted on March 17, 2011

Reblogged from: Feminist Robot

Source: mammacass

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