Quotes tagged ‘BLM’

“The cry for racial justice will be deferred no longer.”

— Joe Biden,

“To be clear, this is not an argument against anger, expressed loudly, about terrible things that are allowed to happen.”

— Lauren Victor, washingtonpost.com

“Simon Stern: What's your secret? No details, just your philosophy. James 'Ghost' St. Patrick: There is no secret, just me. Simon Stern: I don't follow. James 'Ghost' St. Patrick: Well, I'm a black man from the hood. Most of the guys I came up with are either dead or in jail. I live in the penthouse…”

— Vladimir Cvetko, James 'Ghost' St. Patrick, Omari Hardwick, imdb.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

“As soon as you double down on your blackness, they will double down on their bullshit... Who cares if you’re woke or not if you’re dead?”

— Njeri Brown, Leann Bowen, Coco Conners, Antoinette Robertson, imdb.com

“Sometimes being carefree and black is an act of revolution.”

— Njeri Brown, Leann Bowen, Joelle Brooks, Ashley Blaine Featherson, imdb.com

“Let’s be real, while J.K. Rowling may be great and comfy with a Black Hermione now, but she didn’t specifically write that into the novels. In our current climate, she can back her way into the diversity hire. I’m glad she did it, but don’t be fooled: Rowling wouldn’t have if there weren’t plenty of…”

— Leslie H. Light, blacknerdproblems.com

“What about, say, Terry Crews, who is a man who decided to break silence and that shit was major. In this culture of toxic masculinity, men speaking up about their victimhood is revolutionary.”

— Luvvie Ajayi, awesomelyluvvie.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 don't make songs for free, I make 'em for freedom.”

— Chance The Rapper, genius.com

“Down here it's easier to find a gun than it is to find a fucking parking spot.”

— Chance The Rapper, open.spotify.com

“They murder kids here. Why you think they don't talk about it? They deserted us here.”

— Chance The Rapper, open.spotify.com

“People always say that I didn't give up my seat because I was tired, but that isn't true. I was not tired physically, or no more tired than I usually was at the end of a working day. I was not old, although some people have an image of me as being old then. I was forty-two. No, the only tired I was,…”

— Rosa Parks, goodreads.com

“You know what's really not 'great TV' guys? 1989 getting album of the year over To Pimp A Butterfly. Hands down one of the most 'faulty' TV moments I've seen. Believe the people. Believe the ones who'd rather watch select performances from your program on YouTube the day after because your show puts…”

— Frank Ocean, frankocean.tumblr.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

“White women elected Trump... White women: let's get familiar with feeling uncomfortable... Black, brown, trans, and queer women have been doing this for far longer and at far greater peril. We are the ones new to this.”

— Kellyanne Kanye, twitter.com

“Mainstream feminism only seems to make noise when certain women are impacted. Where were all these women when we lost Sandra Bland?... I want a multicultural feminist movement... There have been calls to "Resist" since Nov 8th. A lot of us have been resisting since we were little girls. We literally…”

— Christiana A Mbakwe, twitter.com

“Mainstream feminism, how (unnecesarily) grand its gestures tend to be and its hollow solidarity.”

— Christiana A Mbakwe, twitter.com

“There'll be no cohesive women's movement until divisions are acknowledged and those who have perpetuated it take responsibility... when I speak about women of color and marginalized groups being sidelined and erased, I'm referring to a historical pattern. The very foundations of the mainstream weste…”

— Christiana A Mbakwe, twitter.com