Like every New Yorker, I know this place is magic. I know this place is amazing. I know that we have come back time and time again from a great recession, from high crime rates, from 9/11, from crisis after crisis.
Maya WileyRead
I am a Black woman raised by parents who were active in the civil-rights movement.
Interpretation
What this quote means
This quote highlights the influence of one's upbringing and heritage in shaping identity and social consciousness.
Maya Wiley's quote underscores the importance of familial and cultural background in the development of personal identity, especially in the context of social justice. Being raised by parents active in the civil rights movement has profoundly shaped her perspective as a Black woman, illustrating how one's history and environment play a crucial role in defining their beliefs and actions in society.
Themes
IdentityCivil RightsHeritageSocial Justice Upbringing
In practice
Example use cases
During a panel discussion on social justice, this quote can illustrate the importance of historical context.
More from Maya Wiley
All quotes βAnd if you want partnerships that focus on hard problems and real solutions, then pick a Black woman. Because that's what we do every single day and in every single way.
Maya WileyRead
When Superstorm Sandy churned up fourteen-foot walls of water that slammed New York's coastal communities in October 2012, they also washed away any false notions we had that we care sufficiently for poor people.
Maya WileyRead
My mother was this White woman from Texas, from a racist town raised to believe in the inferiority of others by her community, not necessarily by her parents, but certainly by the community around her. And she fled it.
Maya WileyRead
In fact, black students with college degrees are twice as likely to be unemployed as white students with college degrees. So, to say there there is not an issue for black Americans and Latinos in terms of the opportunity that college is supposed to create would be wrong.
Maya WileyRead
We used to watch my father, who was a civil-rights activist, get arrested on TV sometimes, and we never knew if he was going to be home for dinner.
Maya WileyRead
Similar quotes
And the elephant sings deep in the forest-maze_x000D_ _x000D_ About a star of deathless and painless peace_x000D_ _x000D_ But no astronomer can find where it is.
Ted HughesRead
God Most High has said, "Is the reward of virtue aught save virtue?" . . . Know, O man, that the covenant of servanthood is incumbent upon you, and that the covenant of Lordship is incumbent upon His magnanimity, as He Most High has said, ". . . and fulfill your covenant, I shall fulfill My covenant."
Ibn Ata AllahRead
The universe is information and we are stationary in it, not three dimensional and not in space or time.
Philip K. DickRead
Do not live in the future, only the present is real
B.K.S. IyengarRead
To whatever degree he may have desacralized the world, the man who has made his choice in favor of a profane life never succeeds in completely doing away with religious behavior.
Mircea EliadeRead
I have a long-lasting gratitude and trust for what UNICEF does.
Audrey HepburnRead