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“[The Kerner R]eport does not say that Americans are racist. If it did, the only answer would be to line everybody up, all 200 million of us, then line up 200,000 psychiatrists, and have us all lie on couches for ten years trying to understand the problem and for ten years more learning how to deal with it. All over the country people are beating their breasts crying mea culpa--"I'm so sorry that I am a racist"--which means, really, that they want to cop out because if racism is to be solved on an individual psychological basis, then there is little hope. What the Kerner Report is really saying is that the institutions of America brutalize not only Negroes but also whites who are not racists but who in many communities have to use racist institutions. When it is put on that basis, we know we cannot solve the fundamental problem by sitting around examining our innards, but by getting out and fighting for institutional change.”

ChangeRacismInstitutionsCivil RightsAfrican AmericansBlacksIndividualsAttitudesAntiracismInstitutional Change
Book:Down the Line: The Collected Writings of Bayard Rustin
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“Without the voices from the edges publicly demanding, wailing, and protesting, institutions and systems that engage in exclusionary, oppressive, or marginalizing practices continue to operate with apathy or impunity. Destructive systems do not change themselves, and those working for change within these systems can’t do it alone.”

KindnessRacismSocial JusticeActivismProtestRacism In AmericaInstitutional OppressionSocial UnrestInstitutional Change
Book:In Defense of Kindness: Why It Matters, How It Changes Our Lives, and How It Can Save the World
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