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" I'm not ashamed to be gay. "

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" Skills acquisition is really at the heart of what it means to learn. "

" 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. "

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

" People are more afraid of black unity than black rage. "

" I wasn't a very good writer before college. I don't think I was a very good reader. "

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

" There are people who have demonstrated their willingness to challenge systems and structures, and then when it comes to elections, some of those same people - I don't know where their fight went. What's interesting to me is to see people lose the revolution when it comes to elections. "

" My father and mother deeply loved me and my sister. "

" A lot of organizers are trying to figure out how do we create entrances for people so they can be involved in the work in a way that makes them feel is aligned to the things they're interested in and not the things the organizer is interested in? "

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

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

" We question these issues of race and struggle and white privilege because we know that those issues are real and because those issues have real implications in black communities. And white supremacy is not only dangerous, but it is deadly. "

" Most of my life's information is public. I got a text one day from a hacker who texted me all of my credit card information. "

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

" It is one thing to talk about fundraising and another to do it as a candidate, and I have learned so much about how much money it costs to run a campaign and what it means to raise money. "

" I think that Silicon Valley and technology can play a huge role in redefining what community looks like and how people come together and what authentic relationships look like, but that is not only their burden. "

" 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. "

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

" When Trump says, 'Make America great again,' he is referencing an era when people were singled out and harmed because of their race and religious beliefs, and when violent enforcement of Jim Crow masqueraded as the will of the people. "

" 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. "

" It's important to acknowledge the danger when we provide an academic venue for racism. It's interesting to hear people push the, quote, 'free speech' narrative in this way. They deny the speech of the people who disagree. "

" I'm not desensitized to death. "

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

" I think about Twitter as the friend that's always awake. It's why I tweet so much. "

" Politics is compromise, by its very nature. But we never compromise on our values and beliefs. "

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

" It will always be important that people continue to push on the system from the outside. It will also be important that people make the changes that we know are necessary on the inside. "

" 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. "

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