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- Me
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- Nov 07, 2020
We rarely know what motivates somebody in their work, and it's usually a particular moment in their life. For me, that moment is my brother's incarceration and the ways in which this country has decided to neglect, abuse, and sometimes torture people with severe mental illness, especially if they're black.
- Fight
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- Nov 07, 2020
Before BLM, there was a dormancy in our black freedom movement. Obviously many of us were doing work, but we've been able to reignite a whole entire new generation, not just inside the U.S. but across the globe, centering black people and centering the fight against white supremacy.
- Political
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- Nov 07, 2020
In 2013, I helped create a black-centered political will- and movement-building project called #BlackLivesMatter.
- Conversation
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- Nov 07, 2020
Tamir Rice, Tanisha Anderson, Mya Hall, Walter Scott, Sandra Bland - these names are important. They're inherently important, and the space that #BlackLivesMatter held and continues to hold helped propel the conversation around the state-sanctioned violence they experienced.
- Endowed
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- Nov 07, 2020
The black radical agenda, which pushes us closer to freedom and the agenda to which I subscribe, calls for an eradication of white supremacy and an adoption of values and traditions endowed from the black experience.
- I Am
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- Nov 07, 2020
Like any organizer worth their salt, I'm open to critique, but I won't be bullied or treated badly. I'm an imperfect human, and as such, I have a proclivity to make mistakes. And while I make mistakes, I am not my mistakes.
- College
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- Nov 07, 2020
I developed 'Power: From the Mouths of the Occupied' while I was an Artist in Residence at Kalamazoo College.
- People
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- Nov 07, 2020
Wherever black people are in America, criminalization exists. Wherever there is a white-dominant space, deep racism exists as well - no matter how progressive. If you cut too far into that progressive, if you do something that's too radical, white racism will emerge.
- Picture
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- Nov 07, 2020
In 'When They Call You a Terrorist,' I reflect on my time growing up in Van Nuys, California, surrounded by my devoted family and supportive friends, weaving our experiences into the larger picture of how predominantly marginalized neighborhoods are under constant systemic attack.
- Myself
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- Nov 07, 2020
Myself and the co-founders of the Black Lives Matter movement have been called terrorists, but in truth, we are loving women whose life experiences have led us to seek justice for those victimized by the powerful.
- New
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- Nov 07, 2020
'The Story of Us with Morgan Freeman' is a reminder that people across the world are rebelling against norms and forging new paths for the most marginalized people in their own communities.
- Light
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- Nov 07, 2020
Black Lives Matter has become what black communities all over the world have needed it to become. At times, it is a hashtag; at other moments, it is a declaration, a cry of rage, a sharing of light. It has become a movement that is international, worldwide in its scope of liberation for black and oppressed people everywhere.
- Death
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- Nov 07, 2020
We live in a world where black people are targeted for death and destruction, and we should not be surprised when moments such as these occur - in fact, Charlottesville confirms the violence that black people endure every day.
- How
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- Nov 07, 2020
I don't like how cruel humans can be.
- Dislike
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- Nov 07, 2020
I don't dislike my appearance at all.
- Been
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- Nov 07, 2020
I have been arrested several times protesting.
- Every Day
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- Nov 07, 2020
I am scared every day.
- Life
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- Nov 07, 2020
We will not stop fighting until every single black life is provided the type of love and support we so desperately deserve.
- People
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- Nov 07, 2020
We keep calling for accountability and reinvestment and a push for all of us to imagine a world where black people are not policed but instead supported and loved and cared for. Where our families can feel safe and inspired and protected.
- Black
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- Nov 07, 2020
I was trained within a black radical tradition that encouraged struggle within our own movements because it sharpens collective analysis - bringing us closer to the tools we need to achieve liberation.
- Freedom
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- Nov 07, 2020
Wherever there are communities fighting for freedom and liberation, there are serious tensions.
- Freedom
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- Nov 07, 2020
Freedom means the U.S. government not being the main threat to countries around the world.
- Death
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- Nov 07, 2020
What does it look like to build a city, state, or nation invested in communities thriving rather than their death and destruction? To ask this question is the first act of an abolitionist.
- I Am
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- Nov 07, 2020
I am an abolitionist. What does this mean? Abolitionist resistance and resilience draws from a legacy of black-led anti-colonial struggle in the United States and throughout the Americas, including places like Haiti, the first black republic founded on the principles of anti-colonialism and black liberation.
- Fight
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- Nov 07, 2020
With abolition, it's necessary to destroy systems of oppression. But it's equally necessary to put at the forefront our conversations about creation. When we fight for justice, what exactly do we want for our communities?
- Labor
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- Nov 07, 2020
Our communities must demand dignified housing, satisfying jobs, and proper labor conditions; our educational system must be culturally relevant, multi-lingual, and teach our histories. Our value should not be determined by legal records.
- Brown
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- Nov 07, 2020
Since his inauguration, Trump has signed numerous executive orders that negatively impact poor, black and brown, queer, Muslim, and other communities.
- Love
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- Nov 07, 2020
Black Lives Matter was born out of our unwavering love for black people and our undeniable rage over a system that has historically dehumanized black people.
- Everything
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- Nov 07, 2020
The Trump administration has done everything in its power to uphold the harsh racist reality we have faced.
- Law
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- Nov 07, 2020
Local law enforcement agencies, national police authorities, and other state-operated surveillance has created a hostile environment for communities at the margins.
- People
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- Nov 07, 2020
White people who voted for Trump decided to invest in a president who underwrites white supremacy in the guise of populism.
- Never
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- Nov 07, 2020
My first reaction to Trump being elected was a visceral one. I cried for black people in general but, more particularly, for those of us at the margins who have been struggling and who have never received enough support.
- Black
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- Nov 07, 2020
Throughout every presidency since the heist of our country from indigenous peoples, the black American experience has been exceptional in its discomfort. And no chief executive of this great nation has, in earnest, developed a unique plan to remedy that discomfort.
- Fraught
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- Nov 07, 2020
Presidential elections and the voter experience have long been fraught for black people. From racist poll taxes to made-up literacy tests to the egregious rollback of voting rights over the past 50 years, American democracy has, at times, felt like a weird and failed social experiment.
- Collaboration
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- Nov 07, 2020
The Black Lives Matter National Network and the movement at large are sophisticated. We're not easily won over by talking points and campaign trail pledges. We want to see meaningful collaboration and a genuine transformation of American democracy.
- Never
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- Nov 07, 2020
Policing has never been about public safety: its origins are rooted in social control, the denial of people's human rights, securing the U.S. borders, recapturing escaped, enslaved Africans, and upholding racist, homophobic, and transphobic laws.
- Men
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- Nov 07, 2020
Policing was developed, created, and implemented for the elite, and - in the case of the United States - the elites were and almost entirely remain white, upper middle class, cisgender straight men.
- People
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- Nov 07, 2020
The brutal history of colonialism is one in which white people literally stole land and people for their own gain and material wealth.
- Make
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- Nov 07, 2020
The only way to gain the kinds of often-generational wealth that the 1% has been able to gain is through controlling the populations it relied on to make its wealth.
- Me
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- Nov 07, 2020
During my high-risk pregnancy, I consistently experienced subpar care from my hospital, which led me to hire two midwives instead. They provided me with excellent and loving care, and they made my pregnancy a truly special and powerful moment in my life.
- Crisis
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- Nov 07, 2020
In order to reverse the maternal health crisis for black women in the U.S., we need concrete policies from our leaders and better protocols from hospitals.
- Poor
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- Nov 07, 2020
Each and every one of us has multiple identities, and this is a fact that should be celebrated. I for example, am a queer black woman who grew up poor in Los Angeles.
- Identity
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- Nov 07, 2020
For those looking outside-in, it's not fair - or accurate - to assign someone an identity based off the first thing that we see.
- Politics
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- Nov 07, 2020
When folks say 'identity politics' don't matter, it simply reinforces the norm of a white, middle-class, cis narrative and further marginalizes the rest of us who don't share that identity.
- Black
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- Nov 07, 2020
#BlackLivesMatter is about black pride and black power and standing up against a world that tries to annihilate us.
- Gratitude
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- Nov 07, 2020
My morning rituals are typical. I wake up yearning for a few extra moments of rest. I express gratitude to a higher power for the breath in my body and the blessings in my life. I shower. I dress. I eat breakfast. I exchange laughter and words with my beloveds, embracing each other as we say our daily goodbyes.
- Community
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- Nov 07, 2020
As a black millennial, I remember with horrid detail how Democratic policies ravaged my community and destroyed my family.
- Black
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- Nov 07, 2020
My personal history, along with the history of many black people in this country, is rife with trauma born out of anti-black policies aided and facilitated by presidents and their administrations.
- Black
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- Nov 07, 2020
With Black Lives Matter, we knew from the very beginning that it wasn't just going to live online. We were like, 'We're creating this thing and then it's also going to live with black folks on the street and protests and organizations.' It was very important for us to use the hashtag as a way to have a larger conversation and as an organizing tool.
- Grow
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- Nov 07, 2020
I think publicly declaring that mistakes are a part of how we grow and how we heal is absolutely necessary.
- Important
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- Nov 07, 2020
I've been in movement work since I was 16 years old. Black Lives Matter becomes an important part of the story, but it's not the only part of the story.
- Beauty
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- Nov 07, 2020
So many stories have been told about Black Lives Matter. The beauty of building out a decentralized network, the beauty of building out something that's a hashtag, is that so many people can take it and run with it. The bad part about that is so many folks can take it and run with it - and misuse it and co-opt it.
- Childhood
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- Nov 07, 2020
The story of Black Lives Matter starts before Black Lives Matter. The story of Black Lives Matter, for me, starts with my childhood.
- Black
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- Nov 07, 2020
With support from techies, designers, artists and thousands of activists across the country, Black Lives Matter is now an online-to-offline political movement, affirming the humanity and resilience of black communities.
- Discriminated
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- Nov 07, 2020
The Internet is the most democratic communication platform in history, largely because we've had network neutrality rules that make sure all web traffic is treated equally, and no voices are discriminated against.
- Discrimination
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- Nov 07, 2020
Because of network neutrality rules, activists can turn to the Internet to bypass the discrimination of mainstream cable, broadcast, and print outlets as we organize for change.
- Born
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- Nov 07, 2020
#BlackLivesMatter was born online but now lives in street actions, in conversations in our homes, and in the dignity swelling in our hearts. That is the power of the open Internet, and it is why we must do everything we can to protect black voices. Our lives depend on it.
- Black
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- Nov 07, 2020
Black women voted against Roy Moore not because they necessarily wanted the other guy; they voted against Roy Moore because they knew that would be better for the people of Alabama and, to be frank, better for the rest of the country.
- People
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- Nov 07, 2020
The unfortunate reality is the alt-right has captured white people's imagination.
- Matter
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- Nov 07, 2020
Black Lives Matter is our call to action. It is a tool to reimagine a world where black people are free to exist, free to live. It is a tool for our allies to show up differently for us.
- Home
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- Nov 07, 2020
I grew up in a neighborhood that was heavily policed. I witnessed my brothers and my siblings continuously stopped and frisked by law enforcement. I remember my home being raided. And one of my questions as a child was, why? Why us? Black Lives Matter offers answers to the why.
- Own
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- Nov 07, 2020
I think our work as movement leaders isn't just about our own visibility but rather how do we make the whole visible. How do we not just fight for our individual selves but fight for everybody?
- Fear
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- Nov 07, 2020
What we acknowledged as a nation during the one-and-a-half year trial of George Zimmerman is that the white majority's public imagination of black people was based on their fear of us, not the reality of who we are.
- Matter
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- Nov 07, 2020
Many of us believed that Black Lives Matter would move this country to not only reckon with white racism but to usher in new laws and practices that would curb vigilantism and law enforcement violence. But, instead, white nationalism was nurtured and began to take root among the American people.
- Fight
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- Nov 07, 2020
We need to fight for a new human rights movement that recognizes and values black life.
- Children
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- Nov 07, 2020
I fight to prioritize black mothers and black children because we deserve to live in a world where our healing is centered and our lives are treated with dignity, respect, and care.
- I Am
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- Nov 07, 2020
I am part of a legacy of queer black women who have fought for the freedom of black people across the globe.
- Grow
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- Nov 07, 2020
I read everything and anything related to being queer. I found solace in reading authors like Audre Lorde and bell hooks, who would become my activist staples - their words helped me grow up and taught me how to be bold and courageous. By studying them, I came to understand that being young and queer and black would not be easy.
- Group
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- Nov 07, 2020
We should be developing spaces and places that are thinking about how we care for the group vs. asking the individual to take care of themselves.
- Me
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- Nov 07, 2020
When I was growing up, my family was plagued by poverty. My mother, a single parent, worked around the clock to make sure her children - me, my five brothers, and three sisters - could eat and have a safe place to sleep. We hardly saw her.
- School
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- Nov 07, 2020
In high school, I came out to my friends as queer. My entire world opened up; this was a monumental step toward unveiling my truest self. I had my first girlfriend when I was sixteen years old.
- Marriage
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- Nov 07, 2020
I knew marriage was not the answer to changing the conditions for poor, black, queer folks. So I never felt compelled to get married - it just didn't seem important. But even if marriage wasn't right for me at the time, or a quick fix toward black empowerment, I found it repulsive that loving same-sex couples were refused the right.
- First Thing
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- Nov 07, 2020
The first thing that Black Lives Matter had to do was remind people that racism existed in this country because when we had Obama, people thought we were post-racial. That was the debate. Is racism over? And very quickly, we understood that it was not over.
- Fight
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- Nov 07, 2020
I think part of what we're seeing in the rise of white nationalism is their response to Black Lives Matter, is their response to an ever-increasing fight for equal rights, for civil rights, and for human rights.
- Country
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- Nov 07, 2020
Trump is literally the epitome of evil, all the evils of this country - be it racism, capitalism, sexism, homophobia.
- Black
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- Nov 07, 2020
I want to see Black Lives Matter be able to ultimately reduce law enforcement funding.
- Fight
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- Nov 07, 2020
The movement for black lives isn't just about black people. Black liberation has never just been about black people. It's been about a fight for our humanity, for our dignity.
- People
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- Nov 07, 2020
It was white people who got Trump into office.
- Give
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- Nov 07, 2020
We can feel sad, hurt, demoralized. But we can't give up.
- Justice
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- Nov 07, 2020
I've been an activist since I was a teenager. I was always curious about what we would now call social justice. I remember just trying to navigate growing up poor in an overpoliced environment with a single mother and a father who was in and out of prison.
- Grips
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- Nov 07, 2020
I have never felt the grips of patriarchy and its need to erase black women and our labor... so strongly until the creation of Black Lives Matter.
- Community
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- Nov 07, 2020
Every community has crime and violence; it's a part of being human. This idea that black communities are more violent than others is just false. But black folks fight the hardest for our communities. Before governments do, before other people do, we're the first ones to show up. We are the first ones to fight for our lives.
- Dangerous
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- Nov 07, 2020
When I was younger, I had these romantic ideas about the Black Panther Party and what it meant to be a part of the civil rights movement. Then we're here, and it's dangerous. And it's dangerous to say, 'Black lives matter.'
- Leadership
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- Nov 07, 2020
Our decentralized, localized leadership structure has really allowed for Black Lives Matter structures in their own communities to take on the state and take on some of the most egregious acts against black people.
- Black
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- Nov 07, 2020
I think what's so powerful about Black Lives Matter is we're the first movement able to take on law enforcement and make it a popular discussion.
- Black
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- Nov 07, 2020
Through Black Lives Matter and social media, we've been able to have a really challenging discussion with America about police and how much it is investing in policing.
- Freedom
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- Nov 07, 2020
Black Lives Matter is one iteration of a much larger struggle to fight for black people's freedom.
- Life
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- Nov 07, 2020