If we are not a part of the solution, then we are the problem
Shiv KheraRead
I think my favourite thing about doing conventions is the parents taking their kids to see their favourite drag idols, because open-minded, progressive parents are making such a change in the world right now. The more open-minded these kids are being raised, the more hope I have for the future.
Interpretation
The quote celebrates progressive parenting and its positive impact on future generations.
Jinkx Monsoon expresses the joy of seeing parents who take their children to conventions to meet their favorite drag idols, highlighting that such open-minded and progressive parenting fosters a more inclusive and accepting future for society. This nurturing environment not only inspires children to be more accepting but also instills hope in the speaker for an evolving and tolerant world.
In practice
This quote can be shared during a panel discussion about parenting in the LGBTQ+ community.
If we are not a part of the solution, then we are the problem
There’s this thing called progress. But it doesn’t progress. It doesn’t go anywhere. Because as progress progresses the world can slip away. It’s progress if you can stop the world slipping away. My humble model for progress I the reclamation of land. Which is repeatedly, never-ending retrieving what it lost. A dogged and vigilant business. A dull yet valuable business. A hard, inglorious business. But you shouldn’t go mistaking the reclamation of land for the building of empires.
These so-called extremists in Pakistan should be brought into the mainstream; if you marginalize them, you radicalize them.
My theory is this: Rather than having commentaries from the cheap seats, get involved and see what you can do. What can you do around your own community, within your own family, to try to improve race relations in our country? I think this is a responsibility that we all have as citizens.
I realized that if what we call human nature can be changed, then absolutely anything is possible. From that moment my life changed.
Some day we hope to liberate every man on earth from the tendency as old as human history to identify our strength and manhood with the ability to control the lives, limit the chances, and doom the dreams of women and girls.
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