“You want help? Fine. Let me tell you a story. 'Once upon a time, a man got fucked.' Now, how is that for a story? 'Cause that's the story of black people in America! Shit, you all don't know you black yet. You think you just people. Let me be the first to tell you that you are all black. The moment…”— Maria Melnik, Mr. Nancy, Orlando Jones, imdb.com
“I get that being reduced to a race-based generalization is a new and devastating experience for some of you. But here’s the difference: my jokes don’t incarcerate your youth at alarming rates or make it unsafe for you to walk around your own neighborhoods. But yours do. When you mock or belittle us,…”— Justin Simien, Samantha White, Logan Browning, imdb.com
“How do we let a man get on BART, slit a woman's throat, stab her to death, and walk off through our community and no stopping him?”— Jinina Knox, essence.com
“A bullet held me captive, gun in my face, your hate misplaced. White skin, light skin, but for me, not the right skin.”— Njeri Brown, Leann Bowen, Reggie Green, Marque Richardson, imdb.com
“Black lives are degraded without regard, and we in here watching TV. This is how the revolution dies.”— Justin Simien, Reggie Green, Marque Richardson, imdb.com
“In a world where black is wrong and white right, it's like a combat. We go to war for our freedom.”— Meek Mill, open.spotify.com
“I wonder if our ancestors could even ever imagine this. I’m so thankful they fought for generations yet unborn.”— Brittany Packnett, twitter.com
“Asking protestors to remain non-violent as Nazis approach them is in effect, asking those of us who are the target of Nazi violence, to be willing to die for the sake of liberal sensibilities. You don’t have to support violence yourself or go out and punch a Nazi, but do not ask marginalized people…”— Abdullah Shihipar, qz.com
“Anti-fascist violence is fundamentally misunderstood. Dismissed as reckless and unnecessary, it is actually a last resort tactic that is born out of necessity and meticulous planning. Anti fascist protestors are not terrorists; if anything, they are heroes. They put their bodies on the line, risking…”— Abdullah Shihipar, qz.com
“I spent my twenties in a drug-infested den of crime and inequity: Yale University. I saw more drugs being done in more ways, off of more surfaces, by more kinds of people than I ever saw in any black community. Well, the cops never kicked in the doors. The police never showed up.”— Van Jones, teamcoco.com
“I was moved by the Women's Marches around the country (and world). And I was glad to hear that they were all "peaceful" and there were no arrests. You know why there were no arrests? Because PR-wise, it was a march that would be attended by mostly white women. And in a world that doesn't protect wom…”— Luvvie Ajayi, facebook.com
“What are we going to do about all this brutality upon law enforcement that is going on?”— Merchon Andersen, nymag.com
“Has it occurred to you that it's racist to assume that black people are gonna beat you up for being racist?”— Poussey Washington, imdb.com
“He purchased the gun & ammo ONLINE! How is it so easy to purchase guns online!!! Does this not sicken you? No background checks needed!!!!!”— Kim Kardashian, twitter.com
“We must peacefully use the power of our voices and the strength of our numbers to demand changes in the judicial system so that brutality doesn't ever go unpunished.”— Kim Kardashian, kimkardashianwest.com
“Alton Sterling, Philando Castile, Trayvon Martin, Mike Brown, Eric Garner, Freddie Gray, Tamir Rice, Sandra Bland, Sean Bell … and unfortunately so many more. Hashtags are not enough. This must end now.”— Kim Kardashian, kimkardashianwest.com
“I want my children to grow up knowing that their lives matter.”— Kim Kardashian, kimkardashianwest.com
“The racism that we need to face today is much more insidious than white hoods and racial slurs. It is the racism of well-meaning people who are not consciously or intentionally racist. The racism that we need to face is the racism of average white middle-class Americans who would never think of sayi…”— John Halstead, huffingtonpost.com
“[Black Lives Matter] reminds us of our whiteness and challenges our notion that race doesn’t matter... 'Black Lives Matter' makes us uncomfortable. Why? Because it reminds us that race exists. It reminds us that our experience as white people is very different from the experience of Black people in…”— John Halstead, huffingtonpost.com
“If you find that the statement ‘Black Lives Matter’ bothers you, but not ‘Blue Lives Matter,’ then the operative word is ‘Black’.”— John Halstead, huffingtonpost.com