90 Quotes by Tarana Burke

Donald Trump has proven to be the kind of person who you can't reason with and who you can't have a logical conversation with - and who I can't imagine having a heart-to-heart conversation thinking that I would change something specifically about this person.

Violence is violence. Trauma is trauma. And we are taught to downplay it, even think about it as child's play.

'Me Too' is about letting - using the power of empathy to stomp out shame.

I think that women of color use social media to make our voices heard with or without the amplification of white women. I also think that, many times, when white women want our support, they use an umbrella of 'women supporting women' and forget that they didn't lend the same kind of support.

If we don't center the voices of marginalized people, we're doing the wrong work.

We have to have something that reaches the masses. That's what I've always known Me Too could do.

We have to come together and speak honestly about what the barriers are within our community - and then tear them down. It's really that simple.

I want survivors to know that healing is possible.

I think that Me Too is for everybody. I think it's important that people feel validated.