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> [When we address the disparities facing black people, we get a lot closer to a true democracy where all lives matter.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/alicia-garza/when-we-address-the-disparities-facing-black-people-we-get-a-lot/)

[Alicia Garza](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/alicia-garza/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/15c/alicia-garza-8065_black-people_when-we-address-the-disparities-facing-b_1569971.jpg)

## More by Alicia Garza

> [What is it going to take to dismantle the systems that keep me from being able to live well and that keep me and…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/alicia-garza/what-is-it-going-to-take-to-dismantle-the-systems-that-keep-me-from/)

[Alicia Garza](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/alicia-garza/)

> [Black Lives Matter started from a post that I put on Facebook after the acquittal of George Zimmerman. I woke up in the middle…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/alicia-garza/black-lives-matter-started-from-a-post-that-i-put-on-facebook-after/)

[Alicia Garza](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/alicia-garza/)

> [Police violence is the tip of the iceberg when it relates to the conditions overall of black people across the globe.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/alicia-garza/police-violence-is-the-tip-of-the-iceberg-when-it-relates-to-the/)

[Alicia Garza](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/alicia-garza/)

> [Certainly, we have to make sure our police forces do not have weapons of mass destruction with which they can terrorize our communities.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/alicia-garza/certainly-we-have-to-make-sure-our-police-forces-do-not-have-weapons/)

[Alicia Garza](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/alicia-garza/)

> [People think that we're engaged with identity politics. The truth is that we're doing what the labor movement has always done - organizing people…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/alicia-garza/people-think-that-we-re-engaged-with-identity-politics-the-truth-is/)

[Alicia Garza](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/alicia-garza/)

> [The history of black women in the economy is rooted in the legacy of slavery. Enslaved black women were forced to provide care work,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/alicia-garza/the-history-of-black-women-in-the-economy-is-rooted-in-the-legacy-of/)

[Alicia Garza](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/alicia-garza/)

> [I think that there is an element where leadership is lonely, but I also believe that it doesn't have to be like that.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/alicia-garza/i-think-that-there-is-an-element-where-leadership-is-lonely-but-i/)

[Alicia Garza](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/alicia-garza/)

> [The night that George Zimmerman was acquitted, I think, for black people all over the world, there was a collective feeling of incredible grief…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/alicia-garza/the-night-that-george-zimmerman-was-acquitted-i-think-for-black/)

[Alicia Garza](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/alicia-garza/)

> [We need to make sure we're creating spaces to create new leaders and new types of leadership.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/alicia-garza/we-need-to-make-sure-we-re-creating-spaces-to-create-new-leaders-and/)

[Alicia Garza](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/alicia-garza/)

> [I have a lot of respect for President Obama, and while I deeply disagree with some of his actions or lack of action on…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/alicia-garza/i-have-a-lot-of-respect-for-president-obama-and-while-i-deeply/)

[Alicia Garza](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/alicia-garza/)

> ['Socialism' became this weird household word partially because right-wingers call Obama a socialist, which he is the farthest from.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/alicia-garza/socialism-became-this-weird-household-word-partially-because-right/)

[Alicia Garza](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/alicia-garza/)

> [I'll be honest with you: I think that it's really difficult, this framing around 'good cops' and 'bad cops.' Policing, as a system, is…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/alicia-garza/i-ll-be-honest-with-you-i-think-that-it-s-really-difficult-this/)

[Alicia Garza](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/alicia-garza/)

> [Every successful social movement in this country's history has used disruption as a strategy to fight for social change. Whether it was the Boston…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/alicia-garza/every-successful-social-movement-in-this-country-s-history-has-used/)

[Alicia Garza](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/alicia-garza/)

> [The reason that I started the Black Futures Lab is because I have some clarity about what I think needs to happen in relationship…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/alicia-garza/the-reason-that-i-started-the-black-futures-lab-is-because-i-have/)

[Alicia Garza](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/alicia-garza/)

> [The reality is that race in the United States operates on a spectrum from black to white. Doesn't mean that people who are in…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/alicia-garza/the-reality-is-that-race-in-the-united-states-operates-on-a-spectrum/)

[Alicia Garza](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/alicia-garza/)

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