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“Why are people that poor? Why are people that broke? Why are people that food insecure, that clothing insecure, that they feel like their only shot, that they are shooting their shot by walking through a broken glass window to get what they need?”

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“You can’t win. The game is fixed. So when they say, “Why do you burn down the community? Why do you burn down your own neighborhood?” It’s not ours. We don’t own anything. We don’t own anything. [...] There’s a social contract that we all have, that if you steal, or if I steal, then the person who is the authority comes in and they fix the situation. But the person who fixes the situation is killing us. So the social contract is broken. And if the social contract is broken, why the f*** do I give a shit about burning the f***ing Football Hall of Fame, about burning a f***ing Target?”

Author:Kimberly Jones

“We see race as what people of color have (or are.) If people of color are not present, race is not present. Further, if people of color are not present, not only is race absent, so is that terrible thing: racism. Ironically, this positions racism as something people of color have and bring to whites, rather than a system which whites control and impose on people of color.”

Racism White Supremacy Racism In America Whiteness White Privilege Racial Justice

Book:What Does It Mean to Be White?: Developing White Racial Literacy

Source: What Does It Mean to Be White?: Developing White Racial Literacy

“I believe that reappropriation can be a powerful tool for creating social change. Sometimes, things like irony, satire, or humor are more effective in getting at difficult truths or concepts like white privilege, orientalism, and the exoticization of culture.”

Race Social Justice Social Change Asian Asian American Racial Justice Orientalism Reappropriation The Slants

Author:Simon S. Tam

“Something difficult to stomach in this life is the fact that we might all learn and grow at a pace that will hurt people”

Poetry Queer Racial Justice

Book:Hey Galaxy

Source: Hey Galaxy

“Act now, because people are dying now in this unjust system. How many lives have been ground up by racial prejudice and hate? How many opportunities have we already lost? Act and talk and learn and fuck up and learn some more and act again and do better. We have to do this all at once. We have to learn and fight at the same time. Because people have been waiting far too long for their chance to live as equals in this society.”

Racism White Supremacy Racism In America White Privilege Racial Justice White People Call To Action

Book:So You Want to Talk About Race

Source: So You Want to Talk About Race

“Our anger is moral. Our rage is sacred. Our anxiety contains wisdom. Our hearts are telling us the truth. If the truth makes others uncomfortable—good. Show me an alarm clock that makes a sweet sound and I’ll show you an alarm clock I can sleep through.”

Spirituality Social Justice Racial Justice

Book:Don't Tell Me to Relax: Emotional Resilience in the Age of Rage, Feels, and Freak-Outs

Source: Don't Tell Me to Relax: Emotional Resilience in the Age of Rage, Feels, and Freak-Outs

“Negative self-talk and negative affirmation can keep you anchored in old thought patterns and identities.”

Thinking Spirituality Identity Negativity Affirmations

Book:Simple Reminders: Inspiration for Living Your Best Life

Source: Simple Reminders: Inspiration for Living Your Best Life

“Anyone who starts out with the conviction that the road to racial justice is only one lane wide will inevitably create a traffic jam and make the journey infinitely longer.”

Book:The Autobiography of Martin Luther King, Jr.

Source: The Autobiography of Martin Luther King, Jr.

“There remains a problem with race in America because of the church's failure to understand the issues from a biblical perspective." "Rather than being called into a different community by Scripture, we see our broken communities as justified by Scripture." "Rather than challenge the worldly status quo, religious groups perpetuate stereotypes, sectarianism, and schisms when accepting ethnic denominational identities- inverting Pentecost by reading in multiple languages unrecognized by listeners and offering separate worship services according to musical preference." "Ultimately, our aim is to draw attention to the biblical narrative from which comes to the strength for the long road of reconciliation.”

Race Race Relations Racial Justice Race Issues Race And Christianity Race And Theology

Author:Joy Moore

“The needs of the black community for adequate jobs, housing, and education can be met only by developing a political strategy that will attract a majority of Americans to a program for social change. There are whites who are unemployed and white workers whose real income is steadily decreasing as the cost of living rises. Both these groups share with blacks the desire for increased and upgraded employment opportunities. Let us build a movement with them. there are whites living in substandard housing and paying exorbitant rents. Their children attend schools that are overcrowded and understaffed. They share with blacks the desire for massively funded programs of housing and education. Let us build a movement with them also. And there are those more affluent whites of liberal persuasion who sincerely desire social justice. They too should be our allies. These are positive points around which a political majority can be built. Such a strategy is the only means by which black people will achieve social and economic equality within the context of contemporary American society.”

Race Equality African Americans Blacks Race Relations Alliances Racial Justice Racial Equality

Book:Down the Line: The Collected Writings of Bayard Rustin

Source: Down the Line: The Collected Writings of Bayard Rustin