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
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
I've heard Donald [Trump]s ay this at his rallies, and it's really unfortunate that he paints such a dire negative picture of… — Hillary Clinton Copy Share Image
My administration will tackle these issues in consultation with the black communities of London. — Ken Livingstone Copy Share Image
I think in black communities today we need to encourage a lot more cross racial organizing. — Angela Davis Copy Share Image
“Resisting the stereotypes and affirming other definitions of themselves is part of the task facing young Black women in both White and… — Beverly Daniel Tatum Copy Share Image
Racism has its boot squarely wedged on the neck of black communities, and we don't want to be told that hard work… — Patrisse Cullors Copy Share Image
Nationwide, 1 in 3 black men can expect to serve time behind bars, but the rates are far higher in segregated and… — Michelle Alexander Copy Share Image
With support from techies, designers, artists and thousands of activists across the country, Black Lives Matter is now an online-to-offline political movement,… — Patrisse Cullors Copy Share Image
When someone is in 'the struggle,' which many of our black communities are in, they are living with a lack of educational… — Kenny Smith Copy Share Image
Not all of us are as effective as we could be, should be, or need to be, but some of the [most… — Michael C Dawson Copy Share Image
Especially in black communities, we've been so groomed to stay where we are and not like people in the other neighborhoods. It's… — Ed Reed Copy Share Image
One thing I can say as far as people from black communities dealing with trauma or PTSD is putting some trauma centers… — Polo G Copy Share Image
I think we have to really focus on the issues much more than we may have in the past. I think we… — Angela Davis Copy Share Image
A people who have suffered so much for so long at hands of a racist society must draw the line somewhere… the… — Bobby Seale Copy Share Image
Every community has crime and violence; it's a part of being human. This idea that black communities are more violent than others… — Patrisse Cullors Copy Share Image
“A shift in class values occurs in black life when integration comes and with it the idea that money is the primary… — bell hooks Copy Share Image
“But class divisions influence criminal justice debates in black communities in less obvious ways as well: they explain, for example, why black… — James Forman Jr Copy Share Image
I suppose our lives need to be more integrated. We have white communities and black communities and white country clubs and black… — Diahann Carroll Copy Share Image
Black artists deserve the opportunity to create work without the burden of alleviating the social ills plaguing many black communities. — Clint Smith Copy Share Image
Within church communities, within black communities, and within black church communities, gossip is thy friend. Gossip will be thy friend! — Ncuti Gatwa Copy Share Image
Black Lives Matter has become what black communities all over the world have needed it to become. At times, it is a… — Patrisse Cullors Copy Share Image
Mass incarceration is a policy that's kind of built up over the last four decades and it's destroyed families and communities, and… — John Legend Copy Share Image
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