- History
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- Nov 07, 2020
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- Justice
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- Nov 07, 2020
Knowing that there is a community of people on every corner of this planet that believes in justice, that is willing to sacrifice, and that is willing to take a stand is the most heartening thing.
- Love
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- Nov 07, 2020
I have three godkids that are just so gorgeous; I love them dearly, and they keep me going.
- Everything
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- Nov 07, 2020
Implicit bias - our subconscious associations of race - permeates everything that we do. And we must pursue systemic accountability to fix it.
- Cannot
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- Nov 07, 2020
Police cannot be allowed to continue aggressive, violent, and often unconstitutional policing with impunity.
- Black
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- Nov 07, 2020
We must create a committee to address the long-standing discrimination against black people in America.
- Life
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- Nov 07, 2020
When we say 'Black Lives Matter,' we're not saying that any other life doesn't matter. That has never, ever been our message. Our message has always been from a place of love.
- Black
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- Nov 07, 2020
We actually know that all lives do matter. And we believe it is so much so that we had to create Black Lives Matter.
- Black
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- Nov 07, 2020
We know that there are people in our nation, black people, who are systematically being disenfranchised in a number of spheres in our lives.
- Conversation
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- Nov 07, 2020
We created #BlackLivesMatter. We created a platform. We used our social media presence online in order to forward a conversation about what is taking place in black communities.
- Experience
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- Nov 07, 2020
To fully understand the black immigrant experience in the U.S., we must understand it not in contrast to the African-American experience, but central to it.
- Determination
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- Nov 07, 2020
African-Americans and black immigrants share a resilience and a determination for a better life.
- Me
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- Nov 07, 2020
My parents migrated to Phoenix, AZ, in the '80s, and I watched them work tirelessly to provide for me and my siblings as they encouraged us to pursue our dreams.
- Economic Justice
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- Nov 07, 2020
As we look ahead to our very diverse future, BAJI plans to continue to be at the forefront, uniting black communities to attain racial, social, and economic justice for all.
- Community
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- Nov 07, 2020
As a community organizer who holds a degree in history, I understand the fascination with history. However, there is a tendency for many of us to get engrossed in the recounting of our history, which often amounts to purely intellectual activity without material action.
- Black
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- Nov 07, 2020
Many thought that the abolition of slavery, the end of Jim Crow, and the legislative progress of the Civil Rights Era, among other watershed moments, would have fundamentally done away with the racist structures that have long oppressed black people. However, we know that has been far from the case.
- Black
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- Nov 07, 2020