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The "norm" for humanity is love. Brutality is an aberration. We are not sinners by nature. We learn to be bad. We are taught to stray from our good paths. We are made to be crazy by other people who are also crazy and who draw for us a map of the world which is ugly, negative, fearful, and crazy.

Jack D. Forbes

I would suggest that a feminism which does not also seek to alter the exploitation of poorer women is not feminism at all, but is simply a varient for of upper-class politics & self-privileging.

Jack D. Forbes

Jack D. Forbes

Jack D. Forbes

Born: January 7, 1934

Died: February 23, 2011 (aged 77)

Bio: Jack D. Forbes was an American writer, scholar and political activist, who specialized in Native American issues. He is best known for his role in establishing one of the first Native American Studies programs.

Known for:

Columbus and Other Cannibals (1992)
Africans and Native Americans (1981)
The American Discovery of Europe (2007)
Only approved Indians (1995)
Apache, Navaho, and Spaniard (1960)

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