Ask me Quote by Angela Davis

Most violence is intra-racial, and much of the violence in African-American communities is a function of drug availability, joblessness and poverty.

— Julianne Malveaux

“Violence isn't only bombs and bullets, it can be speaking words that dehumanize and looking away when someone needs you to lean in and…

— Diana Oestreich

Victims of the violence are black and white, rich and poor, young and old, famous and unknown. They are most important of all, human…

— Robert Kennedy

“The flip side of the rising tide of black mob violence is what the prison psychologist calls "infantile omnipotence." This is the feeling that…

— Colin Flaherty

While violence is part of what it means to be part of the black diaspora in the United States, that is not all it…

— Clint Smith

We live in a world where black people are targeted for death and destruction, and we should not be surprised when moments such as…

— Patrisse Cullors

The history of racial violence in our country is both omnipresent and unspoken. It is a smog that surrounds us that few will admit…

— Clint Smith

“As far as i was concerned, the police in the Black communities were nothing but a foreign, occupying army, beating, torturing, and murdering people…

— Assata Shakur

I know and understand the result of extreme violence in my own life, in my friends' lives, and so I know what violence really…

— Salim Akil

“Violence is one way to silence people, to deny their voice and their credibility, to assert your right to control over their right to…

— Rebecca Solnit

“Violence is about the attacker, not the victim. If you weren’t there, your attacker would have chosen some other victim. You are all real,…

— Kaje Harper

Violence as a way of achieving racial justice is both impractical and immoral. I am not unmindful of the fact that violence often brings…

— Martin Luther King, Jr