Racism Quotes by Alicia Garza

23 Racism quotes by Alicia Garza

Alicia Garza’s 23 statements pulse with the energy of grassroots activism. She weaves together calls for solidarity, equity, and systemic overhaul, making each line a rallying cry.

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The Black Lives Matter movement has to, by its very nature, be intersectional because of the complexities of who black people are…

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As you keep pulling back the layers of how deeply rooted anti-blackness and white supremacy are in this country, it is exhausting,…

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For me, it's clear Beyonce sees herself as a part of the movement for black lives and believes that black lives matter…

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For us, #BlackLivesMatter is really a re-humanization project. It's a way for us to love each other again, to love ourselves, and…

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If you're quiet, knowing that there's a culture of racism inside most police departments, and you're not saying anything, you are on…

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We want to see a world where black lives matter in order for us to get to a world where all of…

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I think that we are all deeply, deeply committed to the liberation of black people. And so, when you put people together…

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The biggest misconception about Black Lives Matter is that BLM is just one entity; Black Lives Matter is an organization and a…

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Whether or not you call it Black Lives Matter, whether or not you put a hashtag in front of it, whether or…

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Black Lives Matter, as a network, will not, does not, has not, ain't going to endorse any candidates. Now if there are…

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We've said from the very beginning Black Lives Matter is a network and also, as a broad set of individuals, is an…

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We understand that, in our communities, black trans folk, gender-nonconforming folk, black queer folk, black women, black disabled folk - we have…

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We are clear that all lives matter, but we live in a world where that's not actually happening in practice. So if…

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The reality is that race in the United States operates on a spectrum from black to white. Doesn't mean that people who…

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When we sit and think about what the world needs to looks like in order for black lives to actually matter, there…

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Quite frankly, black folks have always been at the core of what it's meant to make this nation human.

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Black Lives Matter is not just concerned with what happens in policing. The disregard, the disrespect, and the lack of dignity for…

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We need to make sure that we have an honest, honest conversation and that we engage honest practices around how racism operates…

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Black Lives Matter was created as a response to state violence and anti-black racism and a call to action for those who…

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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.

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The demands of the Civil Rights era weren't limited to voting rights - they strove for an end to segregation in all…

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I think race and racism is probably the most studied social, economic, and political phenomenon in this country, but it's also the…

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It's actually OK to be unique and have your own contributions, to celebrate what it means to be black, how we've survived…

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Black Lives Matter started from a post that I put on Facebook after the acquittal of George Zimmerman. I woke up in the middle…

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Police violence is the tip of the iceberg when it relates to the conditions overall of black people across the globe.

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Certainly, we have to make sure our police forces do not have weapons of mass destruction with which they can terrorize our communities.

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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…

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The history of black women in the economy is rooted in the legacy of slavery. Enslaved black women were forced to provide care work,…

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I think that there is an element where leadership is lonely, but I also believe that it doesn't have to be like that.

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The night that George Zimmerman was acquitted, I think, for black people all over the world, there was a collective feeling of incredible grief…

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We need to make sure we're creating spaces to create new leaders and new types of leadership.

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I have a lot of respect for President Obama, and while I deeply disagree with some of his actions or lack of action on…

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'Socialism' became this weird household word partially because right-wingers call Obama a socialist, which he is the farthest from.

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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…

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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…

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The reason that I started the Black Futures Lab is because I have some clarity about what I think needs to happen in relationship…

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