Quotes by Jonathan R. Miller

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“You can't always choose which. Sometimes you have to BE which.”

“You are not responsible for the past, but insofar as you do nothing, you are complicit in the present created by it.”

“Mistakes from our collective past are like any other: they require intervention--a remedy--to correct. They don't erase themselves over time.”

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“Mistakes from our collective past are like any other: they require intervention--a remedy--to correct. They don't erase themselves over time.”
— Jonathan R. Miller
history reparations slavery-in-the-united-states

“You are not responsible for the past, but insofar as you do nothing, you are complicit in the present created by it.”
— Jonathan R. Miller
history-repeating-itself privilege silence

“You can't always choose which. Sometimes you have to BE which.”
— Jonathan R. Miller
ambiguity biracial identity mixed-race

“If you see a group of people struggling over generations and you attribute those struggles to bad character, then you do not truly believe we are all created equally.”
— Jonathan R. Miller
african-americans equality race race-and-racism-in-america