“A lot of people want to skip ahead to the finish line of racial harmony. Past all this unpleasantness to a place where all wounds are healed and the past is laid to rest.” RacismEqualityEquityRacism In AmericaRacial JusticeRacial Injustice Book:So You Want to Talk About Race Source: So You Want to Talk About Race
“In order for a police force to be effective, it has to earn the trust of its people. But to those who only scratch the surface, to those who do not investigate their simplistic opinions about the root cause of crime in inner cities and the animosity between police forces and communities of color, the answer is simply more policing. But what we need is different policing. Policing not steeped from root to flower in the need to control people of color.” JusticeRacismPoliceEqualityEquityPolicing Book:So You Want to Talk About Race Source: So You Want to Talk About Race