I will never forget the first time I was teargassed or the night I hid under my steering wheel as the SWAT… — DeRay Mckesson Copy Share Image
When Trump says, 'Make America great again,' he is referencing an era when people were singled out and harmed because of their… — DeRay Mckesson Copy Share Image
If Trump is president, I think that his administration will do real structural damage that will take years or decades for us… — DeRay Mckesson Copy Share Image
What we choose to do today and tomorrow will shape our future and build our reality. — DeRay Mckesson Copy Share Image
There will always be a rule. There will be people who break the rules. There will be consequences. We fundamentally think these… — DeRay Mckesson Copy Share Image
People often confuse visibility with a lot of other things. Sometimes I become a proxy for things that just aren't true about… — DeRay Mckesson Copy Share Image
I have a platform, and I can help. I can be in spaces that reporters will never be in because I'm a… — DeRay Mckesson Copy Share Image
People in power make the path to power. It means that we will always get the same system, and it's one that… — DeRay Mckesson Copy Share Image
It will always be important that people continue to push on the system from the outside. It will also be important that… — DeRay Mckesson Copy Share Image
The first time I was ever impressed with Patagonia as a brand was when they released the 'Don't Buy This Jacket' campaign. That campaign… — DeRay Mckesson Copy Share Image
For our kids to go to school, they must be alive, and for adults to work, they must not be in jail. — DeRay Mckesson Copy Share Image
When our response to all trauma is to call the police, then that gets us into a cycle of perpetuating trauma. Mental health trauma… — Deray McKesson Copy Share Image
I think that I, because of student government and because of working in Baltimore, knew how to be creative with very little resources. — DeRay Mckesson Copy Share Image
Social media allowed us to become our own storytellers. With it, we seized the power of our truth. — DeRay Mckesson Copy Share Image
What we know to be true is that comfort isn't always freedom. People confuse the two. — DeRay Mckesson Copy Share Image
Donald Trump is dangerous. The truth is that the bigotry and hatred that he speaks have real consequences in people's lives. — Deray McKesson Copy Share Image
I will never forget the first time I was teargassed or the night I hid under my steering wheel as the SWAT vehicle drove… — DeRay Mckesson Copy Share Image
There is nothing romantic about teargas. Or smoke bombs or rubber bullets or sound cannons. — DeRay Mckesson Copy Share Image
Most of my life's information is public. I got a text one day from a hacker who texted me all of my credit card… — DeRay Mckesson Copy Share Image
When I think about protest, I worry so much that people think about it only as standing in the streets. And I say that… — DeRay Mckesson Copy Share Image