Black Lives Matter has been viral, and people are taking it, appropriating it, and using it however they see fit. — Opal Tometi Copy Share Image
We actually know that all lives do matter. And we believe it is so much so that we had to create Black… — Opal Tometi Copy Share Image
We know that there are people in our nation, black people, who are systematically being disenfranchised in a number of spheres in… — Opal Tometi Copy Share Image
Black immigrants and refugees have just as much at stake in the fight to make Black Lives Matter as African Americans do. — Opal Tometi Copy Share Image
We must create a committee to address the long-standing discrimination against black people in America. — Opal Tometi Copy Share Image
Racism should be a core concern for all Americans in every area of our lives. — Opal Tometi Copy Share Image
Antiblack racism is not only happening in the United States. It's actually happening all across the globe. — Opal Tometi Copy Share Image
The black immigrant experience in the U.S. must be understood not in contrast to the African American experience but as an integral… — Opal Tometi Copy Share Image
When we say 'Black Lives Matter,' we're not saying that any other life doesn't matter. That has never, ever been our message.… — Opal Tometi Copy Share Image
Trump's racism has clearly driven his policy decisions during his first year in office - from his Muslim ban and his despicable… — Opal Tometi Copy Share Image
We came in as organizers before creating the Black Lives Matter network and project, and we are still organizers, strategists, political thinkers,… — Opal Tometi Copy Share Image
Our communities are reeling from poverty, from unemployment, from discrimination of all sorts and different interactions that they're having with the law… — Opal Tometi Copy Share Image
Far from ending, systemic racism reinvents itself to conform to what is publically acceptable, leaving the quality of black life diminished and… — Opal Tometi Copy Share Image
Many thought that the abolition of slavery, the end of Jim Crow, and the legislative progress of the Civil Rights Era, among… — Opal Tometi Copy Share Image
I think it's really important that we understand the ways in which blackness plays out, right, and discrimination against black people impacts… — Opal Tometi Copy Share Image
To fully understand the black immigrant experience in the U.S., we must understand it not in contrast to the African-American experience, but… — Opal Tometi Copy Share Image
African-Americans and black immigrants share a resilience and a determination for a better life. — Opal Tometi Copy Share Image
Implicit bias - our subconscious associations of race - permeates everything that we do. And we must pursue systemic accountability to fix… — Opal Tometi Copy Share Image
Black people, we are fully deserving of the room and space to fully express our humanity. This is what Black Lives Matter… — Opal Tometi Copy Share Image
Black Lives Matter is really an affirmation for our people. It's a love note for our people, but it's also a demand.… — Opal Tometi Copy Share Image
To me and to a number of other activists from the U.S., we believe that the human rights movement has to evolve… — Opal Tometi Copy Share Image
We created #BlackLivesMatter. We created a platform. We used our social media presence online in order to forward a conversation about what… — Opal Tometi Copy Share Image
Anti-black racism operates at a society-wide level and colludes in a seamless web of policies, practices, and beliefs to oppress and disempower… — Opal Tometi Copy Share Image
The reality is that anti-black racism is a global phenomenon, and it looks different in each context, but if you look at… — Opal Tometi Copy Share Image
There are always groups on campus that are doing amazing things. I know when I was in college, I was a student at the… — Opal Tometi Copy Share
Let's demonstrate, illustrate, the ways in which our communities are being undermined time and time again, and make sure that the broader public and… — Opal Tometi Copy Share
Being in the immigrant rights space, I've heard a lot of transactional talk with questions like, 'When will black people show up for immigrants?' — Opal Tometi Copy Share
Our communities are reeling from poverty, from unemployment, from discrimination of all sorts and different interactions that they're having with the law enforcement, and… — Opal Tometi Copy Share
Antiblack racism is not only happening in the United States. It's actually happening all across the globe. — Opal Tometi Copy Share
I'm really looking for an agenda that looks at safety for our communities beyond policing. — Opal Tometi Copy Share
I just look back at my time in college and think about how much my community activism and my work in neighborhoods really informed… — Opal Tometi Copy Share
Trump's racism has clearly driven his policy decisions during his first year in office - from his Muslim ban and his despicable treatment of… — Opal Tometi Copy Share
I have two younger brothers, and I know my parents have spoken to them about driving and interacting with police. They didn't have those… — Opal Tometi Copy Share
Lean into your curiosity about any issue, and there will likely be people to share a little bit more of their knowledge and insight… — Opal Tometi Copy Share
We can't continue to sit on our hands and sit idly by as people are being brutalized, disenfranchised, and left out of the system. — Opal Tometi Copy Share
Far from ending, systemic racism reinvents itself to conform to what is publically acceptable, leaving the quality of black life diminished and more permanently… — Opal Tometi Copy Share
Some of us have held the hands of friends or brothers as they struggled with military and police academy recruiters, and though many of… — Opal Tometi Copy Share
Only when the oppressed are heard can we have an honest solutions based dialogue. — Opal Tometi Copy Share
We know that there are people in our nation, black people, who are systematically being disenfranchised in a number of spheres in our lives. — Opal Tometi Copy Share
