From #BlackLivesMatter to Black Liberation Quotes

“Justice is not a natural part of the lifecycle of the United States, nor is it a product of evolution; it is always the outcome of struggle.”
― Keeanga-Yamahtta Taylor, From #BlackLivesMatter to Black Liberation

“The essence of economic inequality is borne out in a simple fact: there are 400 billionaires in the United States and 45 million people living in poverty. These are not parallel facts; they are intersecting facts. There are 400 American billionaires because there are 45 million people living in poverty. Profit comes at the expense of the living wage. Corporate executives, university presidents, and capitalists in general are living the good life--because so many others are living a life of hardship.”
― Keeanga-Yamahtta Taylor, From #BlackLivesMatter to Black Liberation

“The essence of economic inequality is borne out in a simple fact: there are 400 billionaires in the United States and 45 million people living in poverty. These are not parallel facts; they are intersecting facts. There are 400 American billionaires because there are 45 million people living in poverty. Profit comes at the expense of the living wage. Corporate executives, university presidents, and capitalists in general are living the good life--because so many others are living a life of hardship.”
― Keeanga-Yamahtta Taylor, From #BlackLivesMatter to Black Liberation

“Black lives can matter. But it will demand a struggle to not only change the police but to change the world....”
― Keeanga-Yamahtta Taylor, From #BlackLivesMatter to Black Liberation

“Five days after the Voting Rights Act was signed into law, the Watts Rebellion exploded in South Central Los Angeles.”
― Keeanga-Yamahtta Taylor, From #BlackLivesMatter to Black Liberation

“The success of a relative few African Americans is upheld as a vindication of the United States’ colorblind ethos and a testament to the transcendence of its racist past.”
― Keeanga-Yamahtta Taylor, From #BlackLivesMatter to Black Liberation

“How do we explain the rise of a Black president, along with the exponential growth of the Black political class and the emergence of a small but significant Black economic elite, at the same time as the emergence of a social movement whose most well-known slogan is both a reminder and an exhortation that “Black Lives Matter”?”
― Keeanga-Yamahtta Taylor, From #BlackLivesMatter to Black Liberation

“The essence of economic inequality is borne out in a simple fact: there are 400 billionaires in the United States and 45 million people living in poverty. These are not parallel facts; they are intersecting facts. There are 400 American billionaires ”
― Keeanga-Yamahtta Taylor, From #BlackLivesMatter to Black Liberation