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" I'm not convinced that stealing an iPhone is a felony or stealing a bike is a felony. "
DeRay Mckesson
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" 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? "
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" We have to create a world where people can show up as whole people every single time. "
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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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" I wasn't a very good writer before college. I don't think I was a very good reader. "
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" 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. "
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" 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. "
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" I think that I, because of student government and because of working in Baltimore, knew how to be creative with very little resources. "
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" If anything, any success that I have ever experienced has been because people who didn't have to care about me did, and they pushed me to see things in myself that I did not see in myself at the time. "
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" Systemic change rarely comes overnight. "
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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 in a room full of police. You feel safe where you're around people that love you, when you have food and shelter, when you're being pushed to be your best self and learn. "
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" 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. "
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" Asking people for money is really different than asking people for their support. "
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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. "
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" I think about Twitter as the friend that's always awake. It's why I tweet so much. "
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" There are very few things that I don't talk about - even my relationships. "
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" My father and mother deeply loved me and my sister. "
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" I just couldn't believe that the police would fire tear gas into what had been a peaceful protest. I was running around, face burning, and nothing I saw looked like America to me. "
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" People are more afraid of black unity than black rage. "
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" Find an issue that's important to you, and be as curious and close to it as possible. "
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" Protest is political. It is as political as what our conception of America is. "
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" The first time I was ever impressed with Patagonia as a brand was when they released the 'Don't Buy This Jacket' campaign. That campaign highlighted their understanding of their role in a larger environmental justice space. "
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" Politics is compromise, by its very nature. But we never compromise on our values and beliefs. "
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" The student newspapers are as important to me as the 'New York Times.' "
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" I've worked in two public school districts, Minneapolis and Baltimore, one as a senior leader. And while we might not always have agreed with the union, and we might have had deep differences, they came to the table. "
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" I will never forget the first time I was teargassed or the night I hid under my steering wheel as the SWAT vehicle drove down a residential street. I will never forget that it was illegal - in St Louis, in the fall of 2014 - to stand still. "
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" Too often, the elected individuals we put our public trust in disappoint us. "
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" 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. "
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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. There are many ways to be seen. "
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" 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. "
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" When I tweet, I'm mostly preaching to the choir. "
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