I don't keep from despairing. I let myself despair. I just don't linger there for too long. There's too much to laugh… — Emily Raboteau Deserve Copy Share Image
I felt saddened and confused to discover my favorite mural gone, but also hopeful that another one may be in the works.… — Emily Raboteau Art Copy Share Image
Your average white liberal might agree with social justice in principle, and yet live quite comfortably as a "winner" in a nation… — Emily Raboteau Agree Copy Share Image
Acknowledging the realities of structural and institutional racism is hard for conscionable white people. It might ask them to consider how they're… — Emily Raboteau Believe Copy Share Image
I think it's really crucial to leave our American context, not only for a sense of individual freedom, but also to make… — Emily Raboteau Civil rights Copy Share Image
I learned from James Baldwin that one can be a novelist, essayist, and activist, combined. That being critical of one's country is… — Emily Raboteau Activist Copy Share Image
I look at my kids, who were born under a Black president, who hop around the living room naked and joyful, mimicking… — Emily Raboteau Black Copy Share Image
Here is a pragmatic and idealistic suggestion, White America! When you see my kids on the playground, on the street, can you… — Emily Raboteau Angel Copy Share Image
“That mess about judging people by the content of their character and not the color of their skin—that's some bullshit. Nobody has… — Emily Raboteau Character Copy Share Image
Nowadays we can sidestep traditional media with social media and technology that allows us to become citizen journalists, to fight against injustice… — Emily Raboteau Fighting Copy Share Image
It matters when public officials admit that their hearts have changed, but only in the service of changing actual policy. — Emily Raboteau Changed Copy Share Image
I don't think of rejection as rejection, just a bad fit. Then I seek out other avenues of acceptance. — Emily Raboteau Acceptance Copy Share Image
