Culture Quote by Alicia Garza

Whenever black folks speak candidly about the horrors of police brutality, the default reaction in the United States isn't to start disrupting and dismantling…

— Jemele Hill

“Racism is not merely a simplistic hatred. It is, more often, broad sympathy toward some and broader skepticism toward others. Black America ever lives…

— Ta-Nehisi Coates

For people of color - especially African Americans - the idea that racist cops might frame members of their community is no abstract notion,…

— Tim Wise

Decade after decade, the police culture has been just the very opposite. And that's been to ignore or to rally around. And that's something…

— Hakeem Jeffries

It goes back in the black community that the police are not your friends. That's an old, old, deep understanding that we have, that…

— Courtney B. Vance

I can't think of an experience I've had with police that I felt was based on race, which is one difference between England and…

— Clare-Hope Ashitey

With so much racial tension and issues between the police and black and minority ethnic groups, there needs to be more in-depth conversations if…

— Clare-Hope Ashitey

I talked to a lot of Black Lives activists in various states. What I learned is that the relationship of police departments around the…

— Bernie Sanders

What we're dealing with is institutional, and unless systems are put into place that will ensure accountability, we can expect racially biased police practices…

— Michelle Alexander

We run into police brutality often and it's always a problem that we always have to protest and speak out.

— Polo G

Too many of our fellow Americans have to struggle each day against the obstacles imposed by racism, history and original sin. These obstacles are…

— Conor Lamb

I've always had opinions on what was going on in my community. I always knew a lot of people listened to me, so why…

— Too Short