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DeRay Mckesson

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[Wikipedia] DeRay Mckesson is an American civil rights activist, progressive podcaster, and former school administrator. An early supporter of the Black Lives Matter movement, he has been active in the protests in Ferguson, Missouri, and Baltimore, Maryland and on social media outlets such as Twitter and Instag

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I'm not a politician. I'm somebody who knows the world can be better, and I'm willing to fight for it.

Better

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I'm a black, gay man, and I should be able to live in a world where I'm able to live in the…

Gay

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I've seen optimism because I grew up in communities of recovery where people put their lives back together and find tomorrows that…

Changed

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When Trump says, 'Make America great again,' he is referencing an era when people were singled out and harmed because of their…

America

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If Trump is president, I think that his administration will do real structural damage that will take years or decades for us…

Administration

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I am excited to return to city schools... and to continue doing the work to ensure that every child in Baltimore City…

City

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Leadership means making sure that people are adequately skilled, making sure people are earning a living wage, making sure people have access…

Leadership

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I've never been a surrogate for Bernie, Hillary, or the DNC.

Been

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Laws on hate speech and hate crimes do important work in a world that has been rooted in racism and bigotry since…

Communication

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Baltimore is a beautiful city. I started doing a lot of community organizing back in 1999 and met so many great people…

Beautiful

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I am running to be the 50th mayor of Baltimore in order to usher our city into an era where the government…

City

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I think about all of my students who were math-phobic, who didn't believe they could learn math, who didn't understand, who didn't…

Believe

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We have to create a world where people can show up as whole people every single time.

Create

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The difference between equity and equality is that equality is everyone get the same thing and equity is everyone get the things…

Equality

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So many of us don't know what we want; we just know we don't want what we have. We spend 99% of…

Bad

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A cacophony of whispers is also noise. There are many ways to be heard, and there are many ways to be visible.…

Heard

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Too often, the elected individuals we put our public trust in disappoint us.

Our

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Protest is political. It is as political as what our conception of America is.

America

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People are more afraid of black unity than black rage.

Anger

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If you close your eyes and think about where you feel the most safe, you're probably not going to tell me it's…

Best

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I'm not convinced that stealing an iPhone is a felony or stealing a bike is a felony.

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People like to act like we don't have a legacy of racism here. I think people get really uncomfortable with it. We…

Change

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What we choose to do today and tomorrow will shape our future and build our reality.

Future

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I am not naive enough to believe that voting is the only way to bring about transformational change, just as I know…

Alone

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It is not a new tactic for people to use any avenue they can to silence black activists.

Black

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