Occupation: Activist Birth: October 4, 1968
If you want to know if racism is a problem in your country, you might not want to ask white people..
The system of white supremacy is intended to make folks of color doubt themselves, their intelligence, their abilities, their very sanity. And so it'….
The power of resistance is to set an example: not necessarily to change the person with whom you disagree, but to empower the one who is watching and….
And let's just be honest, there is no such place called 'justice,' if by that we envision a finish line, or a point at which the battle is won and th….
Being asked to describe what 'post-racial' means is a bit like being asked to describe a leprechaun, cold fusion or unicorns: we know what is meant, ….
If you know the history of the whole concept of whiteness if you know the history of the whole concept of the white race, where it came from and for ….
You can't organize people if you don't love them. And however hard it can be to love the racist you come in contact with; doing so is the first oblig….
After all, acknowledging unfairness then calls decent people forth to correct those injustices. And since most persons are at their core, decent folk….
What whites have rarely had to think about—because being the dominant group, we are so used to having our will done, with a little effort at least—is….
Too often, systems of oppression turn those who are the targets of the oppression against one another..
I think for folks of color the key to combatting racism period is a) trusting their instincts and b) solidarity with one another..
If we dont figure out a way to create equity, real equity, of opportunity and access, to good schools, housing, health care, and decent paying jobs, ….
Standing still is never an option so long as inequities remain embedded in the very fabric of the culture..
Here's the reality. The image of a white Jesus has been used to justify enslavement, conquest, colonialism, the genocide of indigenous peoples. There….
The denial of racism is a form of racism itself..
Ignorance of how we are shaped racially is the first sign of privilege. In other words. It is a privilege to ignore the consequences of race in Ameri….
There won't be any more white folks around who think the 1950s were the good old days, because there won't be any more white folks around who actuall….
People never hurt others in moments of personal strength and bravery, when they are feeling good about themselves, when they are strong and confident….
Violating the 4th Amendment guarantees against illegal searches and seizures is not the way to solve crime problems..
So, in "Melting Pot" the children (about a third of whom were kids of color) sang the line, "America was the new world and Europe was the old," in on….
Stuff Happens.’ That’s the G-rated version. That’s a bumper sticker that only a straight white upper middle class male could have made. Because anyon….