“There's an inexplicable joy that exists on a brown child's face and in the way they navigate their world long before they discover they're hated.” ChildrenKidsAmericaHappinessJoyChildhoodRacismHatredChildPlayingPeople Of Color Author:Darnell Lamont Walker
“Black people are either threats or entertainment.” RaceRacismAfrican AmericanBlack PeopleBlackness Author:Darnell Lamont Walker
“America's put American Black Folks in such a bad position, empty plates and glasses now get us full.” AmericaRaceRacismAfrican AmericanRacistBlack PeopleWhite SupremacyBlacknessSupremacy Author:Darnell Lamont Walker
“White supremacy is a black person telling the people of Baltimore to chill out and try peace, thinking they came up with that thought all on their own.” RaceRevolutionRacismBlack PeopleWhite SupremacyRace RelationsRiotBaltimore Author:Darnell Lamont Walker
“My heart isn't big enough to care for the oppressors.” RacismOppressionRace RelationsBaltimoreOppressorBlack People In America Author:Darnell Lamont Walker
“You can't forgive your captor and simultaneously be upset at your place in society.” RacismSlaveryOppressionCharleston Author:Darnell Lamont Walker
“Dear Police: You can't protect me and be scared of me.” RacismPoliceInjusticeCopsBlack AmericaJudicial SystemAfrican AmericaTamir RiceAlton SterlingPhilando CastileProtect Nd ServeSandra Bland Author:Darnell Lamont Walker
“America. Where property damage is a greater offense than genocide.” AmericaFightingRaceRacismGenocideRiotAmerican Author:Darnell Lamont Walker
“When you're marginalized, there are no "them people," if we're all on the outskirts of the same margin.” RaceRacismMinoritiesLgbtBigotryBlack PeopleRace RelationsMarginalizedRace In AmericaMarginalization Author:Darnell Lamont Walker
“What if racism is so perfect, it made you believe the boycotting and peaceful protests of the civil rights movement actually changed policies, but in actuality policies were gonna change anyway. "Hell, let them sit whereever they want on the bus. Just don't sit with them. Let them into our schools, the teachers will still teach from a eurocentric curriculum anyway. Let them eat with us, they'll need the energy and strength to build our homes." Racism is a perfect system with an impenetrable barrier.” RaceMovementRacismCivil RightsBlack Lives MatterBoycottRace In AmericaBoycotting Author:Darnell Lamont Walker
“They've been practicing racism so long, it's perfect.” RacismRacism In AmericaFergusonRacistsMichael Brown Author:Darnell Lamont Walker
“Black bodies have become ornamental, haven't they?” RaceRacismChristmasAfrican AmericanBlack PeopleBlack Lives MatterOrnamentsBlack BodiesMichael Slager Author:Darnell Lamont Walker
“Travel abroad. Leave america. Because it’s nice to not worry about being killed by police for a while.” AmericaTravelRacismPoliceTravelingCopsTraveling Abroad Author:Darnell Lamont Walker
“I remember reading article about the woman in that Oakland neighborhood who lost all her children to violence. I wondered why'd she keep living there after the first one was killed. Didn't she care about the others? Today, I zoomed out and wondered why I'm still in America.” RacismAfrican AmericanBlack PeoplePolice BrutalityRace RelationsTamir RicePolice Killings Author:Darnell Lamont Walker
“Can't be on the front lines fighting a war with the weapons given to you by the enemy.” WarReligionPrayerChristianityEnemyRacismFront Lines Author:Darnell Lamont Walker
“The power structure understands that Black folks have been hungry for so long, fixing us a plate now that's the same size as theirs would do nothing for our hunger. After all, they're pretty full and fat. They know we now require a much bigger plate than theirs to quiet the stomach rumblings. They see us and know what it looks like to be less powerful. They are fighting to never FEEL it.” GovernmentPowerRacismEqualityBlack PeopleAfrican AmericansRace RelationsSystematic Racism Author:Darnell Lamont Walker
“Holocaust survivors and their descendants are supposed to hate those who oppressed and killed them and their people. Black people are not. This is how anti-blackness works.” HateRaceRacismHatredBlack PeopleHolocaustNaziAfrican AmericansRace RelationsHitlerAnti Blackness Author:Darnell Lamont Walker
“I've always looked at America like a foster mother doing it only for the check. At any minute, I just knew she'd be ready to give up on me.” AmericaMotherHateRacismMotherhoodOppressionBlack PeopleRace RelationsWhite PeopleFoster Family Author:Darnell Lamont Walker