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“But the response by police was brutal, encouraged by President Donald Trump, who condemned the protests; blasted the “Black Lives Matter” slogan, calling it a “symbol of hate”; and pledged his allegiance to “law and order.”
― Nikole Hannah-Jones, The 1619 Project: A New Origin Story

“Like one who keeps afloat on a shipwreck by climbing to the top of a mast that is already crumbling. But from there he has a chance to give a signal leading to his rescue.” —Walter Benjamin in a letter to Gerhard Scholem dated April 17, 1931”
― Walter Benjamin, Illuminations: Essays and Reflections

“The decision to deploy slavery as a metaphor for white grievances had devastating consequences for those who were actually enslaved: it helped ensure that abolition would not become a revolutionary cause, Bradley argues.”
― Nikole Hannah-Jones, The 1619 Project: A New Origin Story

“In the weeks and months that followed, thousands upon thousands of protesters took to the streets in all fifty states, in large cities like Los Angeles, Chicago, Detroit, Atlanta, and New York, as well as in suburbs, small and medium-sized towns, and rural areas. Protests erupted even in places as far away as Hong Kong, South Africa, Germany, South Korea, and New Zealand. Never before had a Black rebellion been met with such widespread support by people of all colors, classes, and walks of life.”
― Nikole Hannah-Jones, The 1619 Project: A New Origin Story