16+ Jane Elliott Quotes And Thoughts

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Jane Elliott quotes and sayings; keep reading this article and you’ll get 16+ quotes by Jane Elliott.

Jane Elliott was born May 27, 1933. She is an American schoolteacher, anti-racism activist, and educator.

We have known about her early life and her experiments. But there are also some of the Jane Elliott quotes that every one of us must read in order to understand some of her thinking, thoughts and ideas.

Through these quotes, we often learn something, either to start something or to stop something.

We go through the quotes of famous and moral heroes, leaders etc. So that we can understand how they believed in something, and what the world can gain from Their quotes.

Although we couldn’t find a list of many quotes, but below you’ll get more than 16 Jane Elliott quotes which will teach you something. Have a look at.

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Jane Elliott quotes

This country isn’t a melting pot. Think of this country as a stir fry. That’s what this country should be. A place where people are appreciated for who they are.

Jane Elliott

Education in this country is about how to maintain the status quo and to perpetuate racism.

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Thoughts of Jane Elliott

I am absolutely opposed to political correctness. You cannot confront hate speech until you’ve experienced it. You need to hear every side of the issue instead of just one.

Jane Elliott

I’ve got news for you: There are going to be people other than Christians in the hereafter. What are you going to do about it? Are you not going to go?

Jane Elliott

Talking won’t do it. Talk is cheap. Change requires action.

Jane Elliott

I watched brilliant, I watched little, I watched blue-eyed , I watched little Christian children become timid, become frightened, become angry, become unable to learn.

Jane Elliott

If you do that with a whole group of people for a lifetime you change them psychologically.

Jane Elliott

White people’s number one freedom, in the United States of America, is the freedom to be totally ignorant of those who are other than white. We don’t have to learn about those who are other than white. And our number two freedom is the freedom to deny that we’re ignorant.

Jane Elliott

I loved raising my kids. I loved the process, the dirt of it, the tears of it, the frustration of it, Christmas, Easter, birthdays, growth charts, pediatrician appointments. I loved all of it.

Jane Elliott

I’ve got news for you: There are going to be people other than Christians in the hereafter. What are you going to do about it? Are you not going to go?

Jane Elliott

Nothing thrills me more than to be good at something. It’s very rewarding, and I feel grateful and blessed, and I never take it for granted.

Jane Elliott

We dont know anything about racism. Weve never experienced it. If words can make a difference in your life for seven minutes, how would it affect you if you heard this every day of your life?

Jane Elliott

I loved raising my kids. I loved the process, the dirt of it, the tears of it, the frustration of it, Christmas, Easter, birthdays, growth charts, pediatrician appointments. I loved all of it.

Jane Elliott

I am absolutely opposed to political correctness. You cannot confront hate speech until you’ve experienced it. You need to hear every side of the issue instead of just one.

Jane Elliott

What did you people who are wearing blue collars now find out today?

Jane Elliott

I’m not curing cancer or running a small county. I haven’t developed a greener car. I just play act. And if I can bring people a moment of fun and relief in their lives, well, that’s the win.

Jane Elliott

Somebody has to wear the black hat and give the audience someone to shake their fists at. They want someone to hate. And if that’s what you want to pay me to do, I’m happy to do it!

Jane Elliott

God only created one race; the human race. Color groups are just…color groups!

Jane Elliott

Teachers can’t teach what they haven’t been taught, and are in danger of losing their jobs if they teach the truth.

Jane Elliott

First, you have to require that teachers learn what they haven’t about history.

Jane Elliott

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Conclusion

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