Black boy Quote by Ta-Nehisi Coates

“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

“Stay away from any place where you can run into police—that’s the advice I give to you and to all young black men in…

— Imbolo Mbue

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

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

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

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

— Tim Wise

“There is a notion out there that black people enjoy the Sisyphean struggle against racism. In fact, most of us live for the day…

— Ta-Nehisi Coates

This feeling African-Americans have, this skepticism towards the police and the skepticism that the police show towards African-Americans is actually quite old. And it…

— Ta-Nehisi Coates

Through Black Lives Matter and social media, we've been able to have a really challenging discussion with America about police and how much it…

— Patrisse Cullors

We were raised in the black community not to trust the police, and I believe, in the white community, they were raised to actually…

— Courtney B. Vance

“Despite the strides America has made in the civil rights movement, eradicating Jim Crow laws, teaching tolerance, and electing an African-American president, racial inequality…

— Lisa Bloom

“My advice to someone like you is to always stay close to the gray area and keep yourself and your family safe. Stay away…

— Imbolo Mbue