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Angela Rye

(1979) Political Pundit

17 quotes in 88 categories

Angela Rye is a political pundit.

Quick Facts About Angela Rye

Born: October 26, 1979
Profession: Political Pundit

About Angela Rye

[Wikidata] American attorney and political commentator... | [Wikipedia] Angela Rye is a former executive director and general counsel to the Congressional Black Caucus for the entirety of the 112th Congress. Rye served on the boards of the Congressional Black Caucus Institute, Congressional Black Caucus Political Action Committee, Seattle University School of Law Alumni

Quotes by Angela Rye

I never had a moment of realization about my blackness - I just was. Blackness was a central thread of my experience…

Children

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Whether you want to do a letter-writing campaign or a march or start a social media hashtag - whatever it is -…

March

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Do you think it's a good idea to be sarcastic about slavery?

Good

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If our culture is so often readily and easily appropriated, imagine what happens when we embrace our full blackness and know that…

Country

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Not only did I always know I was black, I always knew we were and are beautiful, culturally rich, and creators of…

Art

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I am not interested in trying to convince and change the mind of a bigot.

Change

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If I can, in any way, give people the courage to say, 'Actually, no, the nonsense stops right here,' then I want…

Courage

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I am tired of people telling me that black people are beneath a standard when we have to be twice as good…

Black people

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I grew up always thinking that fighting for justice was our obligation, whether that's giving your voice to something, serving as a…

Change

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There's nothing new under the sun. We talk about the same things all the time on air.

New

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I am so proud to be black. I am, nevertheless, tired of the oppression. We need to develop and support a cohesive…

I am

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Whether it's freedom to express, freedom to live, freedom to earn, freedom to thrive, freedom to learn, whatever it is, I want…

Doors

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My father constantly reminded me that he named me after Angela Yvonne Davis, a scholar and activist who was well known for…

Black panther

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Ben Carson said black people worked for less. I have breaking news: we built this joint for free. We didn't build it…

Black

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This country is not going to progress if we can't have decent civil conversations and be respectful to one another.

Another

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Working with BET always provides a reminder of why I began to do this work. It is essential that we have platforms…

Challenges

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Read things to not just know what's going on, but see it from different varying viewpoints.

Books

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