A Quote by Shelby Steele

The Achilles' heel of the left has been its dependence on menace for power. Think of all the things it can ask for in the name of fighting menaces like 'systemic racism' and 'structural inequality.'

Shelby Steele

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Achilles Ask Been Dependence Fighting Heel Inequality Left Like Menace Name Power Racism Structural Systemic Things Think

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Shelby Steele
American - Author
Born: January 1, 1946

I think our dependence on foreign oil is a real problem, potential Achilles heel, and we have to do something about it.

Condoleezza Rice

Achilles only had an Achilles heel, I have an entire Achilles body.

Woody Allen

We must acknowledge that issues like systemic racism, economic inequality, and the achievement gap are the result of manmade policies.

Ayanna Pressley

Our dependence on foreign energy sources is our Achilles heel, not just in the realm of diplomacy, but in terms of our future as the world's economic leader.

Judy Biggert

The Domain Name Server (DNS) is the Achilles heel of the Web. The important thing is that it's managed responsibly.

Tim Berners-Lee

I don't just have the patriarchy to compete with. I have systemic racism and white supremacy and inequality to compete with.

Wunmi Mosaku

Achilles, without his heel, you wouldn't even know his name today.

Stan Lee

Systemic racism is something that diminishes all of us. Of course its worst effects are for its victims, but our entire country is held back through the inequality and the mistrust that it creates.

Pete Buttigieg

To me, the only way we'll see a collective change in this country is by listening to people who have experienced life in the margins of society, who have lived less privileged versions of my story, in systemic poverty and facing structural racism.

Stephanie Land

Most liberals think of civil liberties as their Achilles heel. It isn't.

Joe Biden

Racism hasn't been an everyday thing in my life, overt racism. There is obviously structural differences, but hate? I've not really had that.

Wunmi Mosaku

I'm not known as a singer, but in life I like to do things that are a bit beyond my reach to keep myself from slipping. I find that technology has made it so that we don't need to have a memory system, and as I get older I want to do things that challenge me. What could be more challenging than doing this show with a knee that's been replaced, after tearing my Achilles heel with a baker's cyst on the back of my knee? And then I have to try and dance!