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- Nov 07, 2020
Matter Quotes
On what actually counts.
This page starts with a striking reframe of confinement as something that can happen mentally even to people who are physically free, and pairs it with career advice about simply landing that first entry-level role. For related thinking, see Life.
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- Community
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- Nov 07, 2020
Black Lives Matter started from a post that I put on Facebook after the acquittal of George Zimmerman. I woke up in the middle of the night sobbing, just trying to process what had happened and wanting to find community around being in a lot of grief and having a lot of rage.
- People
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- Nov 07, 2020
Saying 'black lives matter' both literally and figuratively restores people's dignity.
- Just
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- Nov 07, 2020
The biggest misconception about Black Lives Matter is that BLM is just one entity; Black Lives Matter is an organization and a network. We are a part of the movement, but we are not the movement.
- Black
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- Nov 07, 2020
We need the best and the brightest thinkers, strategists, coders, surveillance experts, tech geeks, and disruptors to utilize all of the tools we have available to us to build the world that we want to see. A world where black lives matter. A world where all lives matter.
- Democracy
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- Nov 07, 2020
When we address the disparities facing black people, we get a lot closer to a true democracy where all lives matter.
- Life
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- Nov 07, 2020
Black Lives Matter is not just concerned with what happens in policing. The disregard, the disrespect, and the lack of dignity for black life transcends through the fabric of our society.
- Police
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- Nov 07, 2020
I think that there are real concerns that we have around whose life is important and why. So if the official story is, for example, somebody was running from the police, does their life matter?
- Feel
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- Nov 07, 2020
Black Lives Matter, as a network, will not, does not, has not, ain't going to endorse any candidates. Now if there are activists within the movement that want to do that independently, they should feel free, and if that's what makes sense for their local conditions, that's fantastic.
- Democracy
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- Nov 07, 2020
We can make black lives matter in the labor movement by building the kinds of movements that black women need to shape a new economy and a new democracy that don't force them to choose between making a living and being a part of a healthy democracy.
- Happiness
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- Nov 07, 2020
Happiness is not a matter of events; it depends upon the tides of the mind.
- Sports
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- Nov 07, 2020
No matter how little we think anatomy should matter to one's social and political rights, surely we can't pretend biology doesn't matter in sports. Surely there's a reason we don't let adults play in the t-ball leagues, and a reason most women athletes want their own leagues.
- Proud
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- Nov 07, 2020
It doesn't matter: any weight, shape or form or however your body is, you want to be proud of it.
- Cookies
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- Nov 07, 2020
I fuel up every morning, no matter if it's with a shake or a breakfast bar on the go. I eat well, but I have my cheats. I eat cookies, chips, and have a Coke, but only on days that start with S.
- Improvement
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- Nov 07, 2020