Prejudice Quotes in Snow Crash

How we cite our quotes: (Chapter.Paragraph)

Quote #7

NO WAY, JOSÉ! Uncle Enzo holding up one hand to stop an Uzi-toting Hispanic scumbag; behind him stands a pan-ethnic phalanx of kids and grannies, resolutely gripping baseball bats and frying pans. (18.8)

One of the smarter ways to deal with prejudice is to acknowledge that it exists, and then use it in your marketing strategies, the way Uncle Enzo does. Create images of your group—which is so awesome that it transcends racial barriers—uniting to fight an outside threat.

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Quote #8

"Your mistake," Ng says, "is that you think all mechanically assisted organisms—like me—are pathetic cripples. In fact, we are better than we were before." (32.70)

There's a name for this: ableism. It's pretty common in the real world, too. Unfortunately.

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Quote #9

It is the Kourier talking to him. The Kourier is not a man, it is a young woman. A f***ing teenaged girl. (2.48)

Good job, Hiro. Normally you come across as pretty egalitarian, but here you assumed that a Kourier hardcore enough to keep up with you was a dude.

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