I think it is selfish for me to try to frame Me Too as something that I own. It is bigger than me and bigger than Alyssa Milano. Neither one of us should be centered in this work. This is about survivors.
Tarana BurkeRead
So many people who deal with sexual harassment don't have the means to file lawsuits or to get legal representation or legal advice.
Interpretation
What this quote means
This quote highlights the challenges faced by victims of sexual harassment in seeking justice due to financial and legal barriers.
Tarana Burke's quote sheds light on the struggles many individuals experience when confronted with sexual harassment. It emphasizes the importance of addressing the systemic inequalities that hinder access to legal resources and representation, preventing victims from standing up for their rights and seeking justice in a society that often overlooks their plight.
Themes
Sexual HarassmentJusticeLegal RepresentationInequalityVictims' Rights
In practice
Example use cases
In a panel discussion on women's rights, this quote can be used to emphasize the need for accessible legal support for harassment victims.
More from Tarana Burke
All quotes βGet up. Stand up. Speak up. Do something.
Tarana BurkeRead
'Me Too' became the way to succinctly and powerfully connect with other people and give people permission to start their journey to heal.
Tarana BurkeRead
We want to turn victims into survivors - and survivors into thrivers.
Tarana BurkeRead
I think that women of color use social media to make our voices heard with or without the amplification of white women. I also think that, many times, when white women want our support, they use an umbrella of 'women supporting women' and forget that they didn't lend the same kind of support.
Tarana BurkeRead
Men need to help reshape the conversation around consent.
Tarana BurkeRead
Similar quotes
The thought of only being a creature of the present and the past was troubling. I longed for a future too, with hope in it. The desire to be free, awakened my determination to act, to think, and to SPEAK.
Frederick DouglassRead
Rosa Parks inspired me to find a way to get in the way, to get in trouble... good trouble, necessary trouble.
John LewisRead
A war undertaken and brazenly carried on for the perpetual enslavement of colored men, calls logically and loudly for colored men to help suppress it.
Frederick DouglassRead
I feel like young girls are told, I donβt know, that they have to be this kind of princess and fragile. Itβs bullshit. I identify much more with being a warrior, a fighter. If I was going to be a princess Iβd be a warrior princess definitely.
Emma WatsonRead
I have a very different fear if I'm all alone in the summit area of Mount Everest and if I know that there is nothing below me, no Sherpa, no tent, no rope.
Reinhold MessnerRead
If something's just, I'll let myself be hacked to bits for it.
Emile ZolaRead