I learned from James Baldwin that one can be a novelist, essayist, and activist, combined. That being critical of one's country is a way of loving it. That travel is crucial for perspective. That faith needn't be confined to organized… — Emily Raboteau Copy Share Image
I don't keep from despairing. I let myself despair. I just don't linger there for too long. There's too much to laugh about, two knuckleheads I have to feed, and a lot of really excellent television to watch. I think the mess we're in deserves the full range of human feeling, from despair to its opposite, which I would say… — Emily Raboteau Copy Share
I felt saddened and confused to discover my favorite mural gone, but also hopeful that another one may be in the works. Street art is mysterious and impermanent like that. It can appear or disappear overnight. Murals like these are at risk of desecration, transformation, erasure. Someone's gonna piss on it, draw a mustache on it, tag it. The weather's… — Emily Raboteau Copy Share
Your average white liberal might agree with social justice in principle, and yet live quite comfortably as a "winner" in a nation whose social… — Emily Raboteau Copy Share Image
Acknowledging the realities of structural and institutional racism is hard for conscionable white people. It might ask them to consider how they're personally implicated,… — Emily Raboteau Copy Share Image
I think it's really crucial to leave our American context, not only for a sense of individual freedom, but also to make links to… — Emily Raboteau Copy Share Image
I learned from James Baldwin that one can be a novelist, essayist, and activist, combined. That being critical of one's country is a way… — Emily Raboteau Copy Share Image
I look at my kids, who were born under a Black president, who hop around the living room naked and joyful, mimicking Simone Biles,… — Emily Raboteau Copy Share Image
Here is a pragmatic and idealistic suggestion, White America! When you see my kids on the playground, on the street, can you remember to… — Emily Raboteau Copy Share Image
“That mess about judging people by the content of their character and not the color of their skin—that's some bullshit. Nobody has the right… — Emily Raboteau Copy Share Image
Nowadays we can sidestep traditional media with social media and technology that allows us to become citizen journalists, to fight against injustice by showing… — Emily Raboteau Copy Share Image
It matters when public officials admit that their hearts have changed, but only in the service of changing actual policy. — Emily Raboteau Copy Share Image
I don't think of rejection as rejection, just a bad fit. Then I seek out other avenues of acceptance. — Emily Raboteau Copy Share Image
