298 Quotes About Black-lives-matter
- Author Angie Thomas
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People like us in these situations like this get hashtags, but we rarely get justice
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- Author Beverly Daniel Tatum
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...most Americans have internalized the espoused cultural values of fairness and justice for all at the same time that they have been breathing the smog of racial biases and stereotypes pervading popular culture...[it leaves] many Whites feeling uneasy, uncomfortable, and even perhaps fearful in the presence of Black people, often without their conscious awareness of these feelings.
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- Author Abhijit Naskar
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Whenever there is injustice, whenever there is oppression, whenever there is suffering, a human will rise to the rescue of righteousness and obliteration of savagery, they may be called Naskar, they may be called Christ, they may be called Buddha or anything else, the name is irrelevant, but the promise is absolute. And to keep that promise is the existential duty of every human being with a wide awake conscience and upright spine.
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- Author Mokokoma Mokhonoana
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One of the main uses of most criminal justice systems is to minimize the number of people who are not white, by imprisoning innocent males who are neither white nor gay.
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- Author AnonymousXgHOST
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It's a civic duty of every American to "take a knee" against [bad police] who willfully violate the civil rights of Americans to be "free from harm" in America.
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- Author Andy Ngo
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Hour by hour I laid in bed thinking about what would motivate those who say they are defending people of color to brutally beat a person of color.
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- Author Andrena Sawyer
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The cross wasn't just an act of lofty compassion, it is also a deliberate model for social justice.
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- Author AnonymousXgHOST
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It is pathologically stupid for anyone in America to have the audacity to believe that even though most cops are good people, there are some true monsters existing inside Police Department all across America. And we need fundamental changes to screen out and remove these monsters as soon as possible. Because every day is another day that those monsters have a chance to take another American life.
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- Author AnonymousXgHOST
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So, When our military soldiers "take a knee" During the #nationAlanthem every morning on military bases around the world for their fallen comrades are they disrespecting our American flag?"Take a Knee Military Meaning"The 1st #takeaknee military meaning is to honor and remember #fallensoldiers. Another is to take a moment to gather yourself while on a mission, Like #BlackLivesMatter.
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