"Eventually, I won the right to attend school, but the prejudice was still there."

Prejudice, Right, School

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"Eventually, I won the right to attend school, but the prejudice was still there."

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"I have no prejudice against male or female."

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"One way or another we are all biased, but still we have the modern cortical capacity to choose whether or not to let the harmful biases dictate our behavior."

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"I don't know any homophobic people. That suggests fear.The people I know who hate gay folks are:illiterate, nescient, uneducated, uninstructed, unlearned, unschooled, untaught, backward, benighted, primitive, unenlightened, blockheaded, dense, doltish, hebetudinous, obtuse, stupid, thickheaded, thick-wittedBut not homophobic."

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"...but prejudices, like odorous bodies, have a double existence both solid and subtle - solid as the pyramids, subtle as the twentieth echo of an echo, or as the memory of hyacinths which once scented the darkness."

George Eliot, British Author

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"Sometimes a great wound or concussion of the head, especially which happens by falling headlong from an high place, brings a prejudice and weakness to the animal faculty, dulling the understanding."

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"We don't have as much prejudice as we did 40 years ago, but today it is more educated."

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"Prejudice is a burden that confuses the past, threatens the future and renders the present inaccessible."

Maya Angelou, American Poet

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"I received thousands of letters of support from all around the world, all because I wanted to go to school."

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"Entertainers, athletes, and stars started giving me support."

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"This brought on the news media, TV crews, interviews, and numerous public appearances."

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"My family and I held no hatred for those people because we realized they were victims of their own ignorance."

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"AIDS can destroy a family if you let it, but luckily for my sister and me, Mom taught us to keep going. Don't give up, be proud of who you are, and never feel sorry for yourself."

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