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one of the bits of wisdom I’ve gained is that hate comes at you when you make any stand. It’s the price of trying to be heard. If that’s the case, and we accept it, then it’s a waste of emotion to react to the negativity. The hate, the rage that people throw at you only has power if you let it affect you.
it’s so much easier to talk shit than to do shit,
You have to not just live in the moment but be in the moment. Full situational awareness.
the legacy you leave can’t be broken because it’s the truth.
We built America, for free,
We built the White House. We built the Capitol Building. We built the Light of Freedom on top of the Capitol Building. That’s this country. The Light of Freedom, built by slaves.
it’s so important for us to own and not be owned.
People are friends simply because they have the same moral code.
His big “Beastquake 2” run was the best touchdown I’ve ever seen. Afterward, I said he ran that like he was running to the North for freedom. We hadn’t seen a run like that since the Underground Railroad.
The dream that America once promised has become a nightmare for a lot of people.
Collaboration and solidarity are so important when you’re trying to change things.
The message needs to be that there are a lot of racial injustices going on in America.
injustice anywhere is a threat to justice everywhere.
I think we get attacked for standing up for others precisely because doing so opens an avenue for change, and change threatens the status quo and those in positions of power. And that can bring you all kinds of unwanted attention.
At a time when our consciousness about sexual assault is expanding with the #MeToo movement, the particular abuse experienced by Black women remains under-discussed.
