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Bari Weiss Quotes

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Bari Weiss

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“If we had met at a dinner party rather than on Twitter, would we have liked each other? Was social media, as Mr. Lanier’s book suggested, creating a sense of intense conflict where there might be intense conversation? Did we actually dislike each other, or was Twitter just making us think we did?”

— Bari Weiss, Can You Like the Person You Love to Hate?

Tagged: Social Media, Politics

“The point is that everything great and iconic about this country comes when seemingly disparate parts are blended in revelatory ways. That merging simply doesn’t happen in places where people are separated by race and ethnicity and class. And it’s not only what makes American culture so rich, but it is also a big part of the reason America is so successful. When we see a good idea, we steal it; when we have a good idea, the rest of the world is welcome to it as well.”

— Bari Weiss, Opinion | Three Cheers for Cultural Appropriation

Tagged: Cultural apropriation, America, Capitalism, Race and Ethnicity, The arts, Richard B. Spencer, Taylor Swift, Katy Perry, Martin Luther King Jr

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