Privilege is when you can afford to sit back and watch as others' rights are trampled upon.
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Bigotry is based on deception, of oneself and of others.
If we do not know how to meaningfully talk about racism, our actions will move in misleading directions.
Urging an organization to be inclusive is not an attack. It's progress.
If you see a group of people struggling over generations and you attribute those struggles to bad character, then you do not truly believe we are all created equally.
People often call fighting racism being 'PC' when they don't want to confront their own prejudice
Racism hurts everyone, including racists themselves.
Never be content to sit back and watch as others' rights are trampled upon. Your rights could be next.
We must tell the world that even though we elected a bigot, bigotry will not prevail.
The minute we look away, the minute we stop fighting back, that's the minute bigotry wins.
Issues can only be resolved if each person accepts accountability in the problem.
It's not the fact that some people disagree with the protests. That is as much a right as the protests themselves. It is the hateful, profane, condescending way some have expressed their discontent that baffles me. How do you criticize actions you've deemed disrespectful and divisive and an affront to civilized behavior with rhetoric to the same end? That's like the devil judging the Grim Reaper for harvesting souls.
Standing against discrimination for some while supporting discrimination against others hurts us all.
It speaks volumes when people who are discriminated against go on to discriminate against others.
An institution rooted in slavery cannot be the voice of our people.
If origin defines race, then we are all Africans _ we are all black.
Why does God ask traumatized people to look at the trauma they initiated through their sin and rebellion? For the same reason God asks us to: it is the truth, and we are free only when we lift up the truth.
Millions of tears have fallen for black sons, brothers, lovers, and friends whose assailants took or maimed their lives and then simply went on their way.