“The profound nature of our existence is that we are able at any moment to connect to anyone, anywhere. History is there to remind us of how far weve come, and every day our journey is to continue with that progress of becoming more wise, more compassionate and more considerate human beings. Remembering Emmett though song is way to remind people that there is no need to continue with senseless crimes. Race and racism do no go hand in hand. We are only one race: human.” PeopleMomentsRememberSongExistenceWiseProgressJourneyCrimeRacismProfoundCompassionateConsiderate Author:Melody Gardot
“At times I feel it almost impossible not to despond entirely of there ever being a better, brighter day for us. None but those who experience it can know what it is - this constant, galling sense of cruel injustice and wrong. I cannot help feeling it very often, - it intrudes upon my happiest moments, and spreads a dark, deep gloom over everything.” KnowsFeelsMomentsHelpingFeelingsDarkImpossibleRacismConstantInjusticeSpreadOppressionBrighterGloomBrighter Days Author:Charlotte Forten Grimke
“Racism will disappear when it's no longer profitable, and no longer psychologically useful. And when that happens, it'll be gone. But at the moment, people make a lot of money off of it, pro and con.” PeopleMomentsHappensGoneRacismDisappearLots Of MoneyProfitablePros And Cons Author:Toni Morrison
“The worst moment in my life was when I was seven years old and I discovered that there was a thing such as racism. You don't know you're different until someone lets you know.” KnowsYearsDifferentMomentsWorstRacismSevenSeven YearsWorst Moments Author:Sanjeev Bhaskar
“It's a cause for great concern because a lot of people have said and done repulsive things in terms of racism and misogyny and marginalizing people - it's really come to fruition, something I've spent the last 21 years of my life trying to expose and educate people on. This really is kind of a dream scenario for white nationalists at the moment.” PeopleTryingKindDoneMomentsDreamTermRacismConcernEducateMisogyny Author:Christian Picciolini
“In this cultural moment, many of us are feeling inadequate to solve societal problems - fascism, racism, misogyny, homophobia, anti-Semitism, the list goes on - and are unsure of how individuals can affect real change. We don't know what effect we will have on the current political climate as we strive to effect change. All large historical decision draw from a sea of smaller decisions. One never knows what will make the difference in the long run.” LongRealMomentsFeelingsProblemRunningPoliticalIndividualDecisionRacismHistoricalStriveFascismMisogynyInadequateHomophobiaUnsure Author:Sabina Murray
“The great thing about 2017 is that, because of the terrible political state that we're in and that America is in, young people are so vocal at the moment about so many issues, from racism to LGBT rights to beyond. I feel like - especially when I look at my fan-base - people are so vocal about their opinions and so vocal about spreading love. That's really important, and I think it's really amazing that people are talking about that. I just want that to keep happening.” PeopleThinkingImportantMomentsPoliticalOpinionTerribleRacismGreat ThingsLgbtReally Amazing Author:Charli XCX
“I was literally the black sheep of the family, and there were definitely moments of discomfort while my grandmother was working through her racism.” MomentsBlackRacismGrandmotherRacistSheepMy GrandmotherDiscomfortBlack SheepBlack Sheep Of The Family Author:Lisa Bonet
“Politics deals with externals: borders, wealth, crimes. Authentic forgiveness deals with the evil in a persons heart, something for which politics has no cure. Virulent evil (racism, ethnic hatred) spreads through society like an airborne disease, one cough infects a whole busload. When moments of grace do occur, the world must pause, fall silent, and acknowledge that indeed forgiveness offers a kind of cure. There will be no escape from wars, from hunger, from misery, from rancid discrimination, from denial of human rights, if our hearts aren't changed.” IfsWorldHumansHeartKindPersonsWarWholeMomentsFallEvilWealthDealsGraceRightsCrimeChangedOffersDiseaseRacismHatredMiserySilentHungerHuman RightsSpreadDiscriminationCuresDenialAcknowledgeBordersPausesAirborne Author:Philip Yancey
“I want to yell so loud that Baby Girl can hear me that dirty ain't a color, disease ain't the Negro side a town. I want to stop that moment from coming - and it come in ever white child's life - when they start to think that colored folks ain't as good as whites. ... I pray that wasn't her moment, Pray I still got time.” ThinkingWantChildrenStillsMomentsGirlSidesWhiteColorBabyPrayingDiseaseRacismTownsFolksDirtyLoudThat MomentI PrayBaby Girl Book:The Help Source: The Help
“I do not think it is an exaggeration at all to say to my friend from West Virginia [Sen. Robert C. Byrd, a former Ku Klux Klan recruiter] that he would have been a great senator at any moment. . . . He would have been right during the great conflict of civil war in this nation.” ThinkingHas BeensWarMomentsNationsConflictRacismMy FriendsWestFormerCivil WarSenatorsDemocratic PartyVirginiaExaggerationKu Klux KlanWest Virginia Author:Christopher Dodd
“However, while we should certainly celebrate the demise of overt official racism, we must also critically examine where we are at this historical moment, recognize the many challenges ahead and reaffirm our commitment to making Brown v. Board a reality.” ShouldMomentsRealityChallengesRacismCommitmentHistoricalCelebrateBoardsOfficialsBrownRacistDemise Author:Ed Markey