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“If we are not intentionally conscious in our communications, we are likely to cause unintentional harm.”
― Kim Clark, The Conscious Communicator: The Fine Art of Not Saying Stupid Sh*t

“One of the sneakiest ways these biases show up is that in our language, in our culture, maleness is seen as the default”
― Amanda Montell, Wordslut: A Feminist Guide to Taking Back the English Language

“Two things are infinite: the universe and human stupidity; and I'm not sure about the universe.”
― Albert Einstein

“Don't forget - no one else sees the world the way you do, so no one else can tell the stories that you have to tell.”
― Charles de Lint, The Blue Girl

“As a classroom community, our capacity to generate excitement is deeply affected by our interest in one another, in hearing one another’s voices, in recognizing one another’s presence.”
― bell hooks, Teaching To Transgress: Education as the Practice of Freedom

“The classroom remains the most radical space of possibility in the academy”
― bell hooks, Teaching to Transgress: Education as the Practice of Freedom

“Many women do not join organized resis­tance against sexism precisely because sexism has not meant an absolute lack of choices. They may know they are discriminated against on the basis of sex, but they do not equate this with oppres­sion. Under capitalism, patriarchy is structured so that sexism restricts women's behavior in some realms even as freedom from limitations is allowed in other spheres. The absence of extreme re­strictions leads many women to ignore the areas in which they are exploited or discriminated against; it may even lead them to imagine that no women are oppressed.”
― bell hooks, Teaching to Transgress: Education as the Practice of Freedom

“Leaders who do not act dialogically, but insist on imposing their decisions, do not organize the people--they manipulate them. They do not liberate, nor are they liberated: they oppress.”
― Paulo Freire, Pedagogy of the Oppressed

“Without a sense of identity, there can be no real struggle.”
― Paulo Freire, Pedagogy of the Oppressed

“After the murder of George Floyd, more than 950 brands began posting black squares via social media. Intended to be symbols of online activism, most of these posts came with empty statements of solidarity and commitments where few followed through.”
― Kim Clark, The Conscious Communicator: The Fine Art of Not Saying Stupid Sh*t

“Despite the promise of linguistic diversity, NPR’s architects chose as its standard a way of speaking that is not overtly associated with any particular social group, but more broadly with the leveled dialects of the Northern Midwest… this notion of a relatively universal and socially unmarked standard makes privileged ways of speaking seem mainstream while marginalizing nonstandard dialects and speakers…”
― Christopher Chávez, The Sound of Exclusion: NPR and the Latinx Public

“We must acknowledge that there is a certain kind of ideological work at play when journalists present people’s lives [as characters in stories]. People are complicated, fractious, and inconsistent.… But to create coherence out of incoherence, the writer must smooth out the rough edges they must simplify and typify.”
― Christopher Chavez, The Sound of Exclusion: NPR and the Latinx Public

“Traditional public relations, internal communications, and executive communications exist to reinforce the status quo…. [T]hat means force-fitting messaging, restricting what people know to control what we want them to feel, and limiting what they do. Becoming conscious communicators by applying a DEI lens to our work means expanding the topics, options, and actions our audience can experience — making room.”
― Kim Clark, The Conscious Communicator: The Fine Art of Not Saying Stupid Sh*t

“As communicators, we are complicit in the harm caused by performative communications, microaggressions, reinforcing stereotypes in our content, and contributing to damaging our brand’s reputation…. As conscious communicators, with an awareness of others’ experiences and a commitment to centering them, we are uniquely positioned to help build a truly people-centered workplace.”
― Kim Clark, The Conscious Communicator: The Fine Art of Not Saying Stupid Sh*t

“As communicators, we are complicit in the harm caused by performative communications, microaggressions, reinforcing stereotypes in our content, and contributing to damaging our brand’s reputation…. As conscious communicators, with an awareness of others’ experiences and a commitment to centering them, we are uniquely positioned to help build a truly people-centered workplace.”
― Janet M Stovall, The Conscious Communicator: The Fine Art of Not Saying Stupid Sh*t

“Traditional public relations, internal communications, and executive communications exist to reinforce the status quo…. [T]hat means force-fitting messaging, restricting what people know to control what we want them to feel, and limiting what they do. Becoming conscious communicators by applying a DEI lens to our work means expanding the topics, options, and actions our audience can experience — making room.”
― Janet M Stovall, The Conscious Communicator: The Fine Art of Not Saying Stupid Sh*t