Michelle Dipoala

“When it comes to our democracy, and who we determine to have the right to vote--our most sacred of rights--patience is no virtue. We must never be patient when someone else's rights are in the balance. We cannot wait on laws, or elected officials, or anyone else. The only virtue when it comes to the right to vote is impatience.”
― Karine Jean-Pierre, Four Hundred Souls: A Community History of African America, 1619-2019

“Beleaguered White racists who can’t imagine their lives not being the focus of any movement respond to “Black Lives Matter” with “All Lives Matter.”
― Ibram X. Kendi, How to Be an Antiracist

“I just wanted to write it down so I could see it and it wouldn't be in my head scaring me anymore.”
― Patton Oswalt

“Black people are apparently responsible for calming the fears of violent cops in the way women are supposedly responsible for calming the sexual desires of male rapists.”
― Ibram X. Kendi, How to Be an Antiracist