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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 to undo. "

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" When I reflect on the Colbert interview, it moved so quickly that what we didn't do was define white privilege, and I wish we had done that. White privilege is the benefit resulting from white being seen as the standard, regardless of gender and income. "

" Find an issue that's important to you, and be as curious and close to it as possible. "

" Being mayor is about offering a vision for the city, putting the right people in the right place, and executing that vision. "

" Expressing and loving myself is often so much more complex than 'out' affords me. "

" The student newspapers are as important to me as the 'New York Times.' "

" I think about freedom as not only as the absence of oppression but also the presence of justice and joy. "

" When I tweet, I'm mostly preaching to the choir. "

" I think my imagination about jobs was pretty limited. There were so few jobs that I actually saw people who looked like me in, that I imagined myself in, that I think I just stopped imagining. "

" People in power make the path to power. It means that we will always get the same system, and it's one that is not necessarily in the interest of people's lives. "

" I am not naive enough to believe that voting is the only way to bring about transformational change, just as I know that protest alone is not the sole solution to the challenges we face. "

" As a protester, I protested because I had to, not because it was exciting. I don't want to get tear-gassed again. "

" Baltimore is a city of possibility, and we've got to challenge the traditional pathways of politics and politicians who lay those paths. "

" Music helps shape the way people think about the world and act in the world. "

" There will always be a rule. There will be people who break the rules. There will be consequences. We fundamentally think these things will be true for a time. The question becomes, What are the consequences? Who enforces the consequences? What are the worst consequences? "

" I am mindful that the goal of protest is not more protest, but the goal of protest is change. "

" I think people are uncomfortable talking about the racist history of this country and what we need to do to undo the impact of racism. "

" I'm a black, gay man, and I should be able to live in a world where I'm able to live in the complexity of my identity in a way that is safe and secure, like everyone else. "

" I love Baltimore. This city has made me the man that I am. "

" People like to act like we don't have a legacy of racism here. I think people get really uncomfortable with it. We know that we can't change it unless we address that. "

" You are enough to start a movement. Individual people can come together around things that they know are unjust. And they can spark change. "

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

" Baltimore is a beautiful city. I started doing a lot of community organizing back in 1999 and met so many great people in neighborhoods all across the city. And that was an invaluable experience. "

" Black people have always been more than our pain. The joy is so much a part of how we have survived and thrived. "

" The arts scene in Baltimore is really rich and very vibrant. It's one of the untold stories of the city. "

" Justice that is not rooted in equity, in social welfare, and in community is not justice at all. "

" The activism of marginalized people often comes with visibility and being heard. Which can lead people to believe that recognition and awareness is the actual end point. And it is not. "

" I am often asked what it is like to be on the 'front line.' But I do not use the term 'front line' to describe us, the protesters. Because everywhere in America, wherever we are, our blackness puts us in close proximity to police violence. "

" I am running to be the 50th mayor of Baltimore in order to usher our city into an era where the government is accountable to its people and is aggressively innovative in how it identifies and solves its problems. "

" I think hope is the belief that tomorrow can be better than today, and I don't lose hope. "

" Laws on hate speech and hate crimes do important work in a world that has been rooted in racism and bigotry since the inception of this country, which was not founded on ideals of justice. "