Equality means more than passing laws. The struggle is really won in the hearts and minds of the community, where it really counts.
Interpretation
True equality requires a change in societal attitudes, not just legal measures.
Barbara Gittings emphasizes that while legal frameworks are important for achieving equality, the ultimate victory is obtained through a transformation in the collective consciousness of society. It is the acceptance and understanding of equality within the hearts and minds of individuals that leads to meaningful and lasting change, as laws alone cannot alter deeply ingrained biases and prejudices.
In practice
This quote can be shared during a community event advocating for social justice.
There are people who are willing to suffer and swallow their tears at leisure, and God will no doubt reward them in heaven for their resignation; but those who have the will to struggle strike back at fate in retaliation for the blows they receive.
It takes more courage to send men into battle than to fight the battle yourself.
There's something wrong in a nation where six million black men are not allowed to vote because they were convicted of felonies. They've paid their dues to society, but yet their right to vote is not reinstated.
I hate war as only a soldier who has lived it can, only as one who has seen its brutality, its futility, its stupidity.
If you apologize because you are afraid, then you are a child not a man.
When you get told that you have a disease, it's like: 'Really? Nah, it's all right. I don't believe that. It must be something else, I'm just making an excuse, let me push harder.'
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