A Love Song, A Death Rattle, A Battle Cry Quotes

“Which individual Donald Trump bigot bogeyman are we supposed to be angry at about the millions of people impacted by discrimination in housing, and banking, and education, and employment, and the criminal justice system, each year? Remember: sharks kill about one person each year; thousands drown. So, when there is a new name hashtagged each week, when police create more Black stars than Hollywood; how long do we keep pointing out the bad apples, ignoring the fact that the orchard was planted on a mass grave? …and that we planted it there?”
― Kyle “Guante” Tran Myhre, A Love Song, A Death Rattle, A Battle Cry

“Remember: white supremacy is not a shark; it is the water. It is how we talk about racism as white hoods and confederate flags, knowing that you own those things, and we don’t… as if we didn’t own this history too, this system—we tread water. And you: chum in a bucket. How many skinheads do you think are in the room when they set immigration law? Or decide curriculum for public schools? Or push policies like redlining, mandatory minimum sentencing, benign neglect, gentrification, broken windows policing, voter ID, stop and frisk, three strikes, the drug war? Remember: the eye of the hurricane is the least destructive part.”
― Kyle “Guante” Tran Myhre, A Love Song, A Death Rattle, A Battle Cry