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“The Reality of The Other Person Lies Not In What He Reveals To You, But What He Cannot Reveal To You. Therefore, If You Would Understand Him, Listen Not To What He Says, But Rather To What He Does Not Say.”

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“Nur wer Angst hat, will gefährlich aussehen.”

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Book:Weitlings Sommerfrische

Source: Weitlings Sommerfrische

“because where I come from jail or death were the two options she handed to us because where he came from the American Dream was the one option she handed to them So here we are, blind Lady Justice I see you, too”

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Book:Punching the Air

Source: Punching the Air

“And we stepped onto the tipping scales of Lady Justice with her eyes blindfolded, peeking through slits because that rag is so fucking old worn-out, stretched thin, barely even there”

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Book:Punching the Air

Source: Punching the Air

“It is not our differences that separate us. It is the denial of the beauty and rightness of those differences that separate us.”

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Book:Wounds

Source: Wounds

“Anybody, no matter who they were, could come right off the boat and get more rights and respect than amerikan-born Blacks.”

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Book:Assata: An Autobiography

Source: Assata: An Autobiography

“I brought Grand Rapids with me to Newaygo. I brought difference. I was used to a fluid concept of harmony. I was used to diversity. Homogenous harmony has walls. As a fourteen-year-old boy in Newaygo, I felt those walls.”

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Book:Wounds

Source: Wounds

“If you ask Denny, he will tell you: "I'm a patriot. I love my country." A country that doesn't love him back. Doesn't love him black. A patriot. Let that register. A black patriot. In a country that won't acknowledge that Black Lives Matter.”

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Book:Wounds

Source: Wounds

“Accountability is the only real beginning to change.”

Accountability Black Lives Matter Cultural Diversity Racial Inequality

Book:Wounds

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“Let's make America great. We have not been Great, white people. We have chosen to live in our bubbles. White people have chosen to be angry in silence, at our dinner tables, in conversations with people we know and trust. Our black brothers and sisters, our fellow Americans, need allies. They scream and are not heard. They protest for their basic human rights and they are called thugs. Our black brothers and sisters have been losing this fight alone. We have watched the innocent die. We have mourned them with silence.”

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Book:Wounds

Source: Wounds

“Change your default. Take the risk of expecting the next black man you encounter to more likely be an opportunity than a threat. Productive rather than pitiful. Human rather than hurtful. Dependable rather than destructive. A man, rather than a menace. Change your default. It's true, some will let you down. Some of your race have let you down too. But, your default view of your race hasn't likely changed.”

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Book:Wounds

Source: Wounds