Kelsey

“Don’t force people to acknowledge your good intentions. What matters is that somebody was hurt.”
― Ijeoma Oluo, So You Want to Talk About Race

“People of color are not asking white people to believe their experiences so that they will fear the police as much as people of color do. They are asking because they want white people to join them in demanding their right to be able to trust the police like white people do.”
― Ijeoma Oluo, So You Want to Talk About Race

“Our police forces were created not to protect Americans of color, but to control Americans of color.”
― Ijeoma Oluo, So You Want to Talk About Race

“Either you believe these disparities exist because you believe that people of color and women are less intelligent, less hard working, and less talented than white men, or you believe that there are systemic issues keeping women and people of color from being hired into jobs, promoted, paid a fair wage, and accepted into college.”
― Ijeoma Oluo, So You Want to Talk About Race