298 Quotes About Black-lives-matter

A human wants only one thing: to be seen and received. But a woman is seen only when she is sexualized. A Black person is seen only when they fit a role. And a homeless person is not seen at all.

An act of violence, no matter how small, can never be justified if it can be avoided.

Forget 'pray the gay away.' I you're more turned on by an AR-15 than a pair of tits, time for some serious therapy. Time for all you gun-humpers to come out of the closet. Is this really about the 2nd Amendment and self-defense -- or just a pathetic fetish for guys with tiny pee-pees?

Possibly twilight makes blackness dangerousDarkness. Probably all my encounters Are existential jambalaya. Which is to say, A nigga can survive. Something happenedIn Sanford, something happened in FergusonAnd Brooklyn & Charleston, something happenedIn Chicago & Cleveland & Baltimore & happensAlmost everywhere in this country every day.Probably someone is prey in all of our encounters.You won't admit it. The names alive are like the namesIn graves.

Why does our society teach young people to follow beauty standards? Why do young boys and girls have to look beautiful to be accepted into certain professions such as modeling and acting? Why do companies sell fairness creams? Every skin color is beautiful. Why is our society obsessed with looks?

Silence in the face of injustice, is injustice in action.

Every few months, white people trot out a new title in a series called Cops Keep Killing People. Each new release has the latest tragic scene on the cover. It sure seems to be the same book recycled over and over, but please don't form a judgment until you read all five hundred pages. Maybe this time the story will end differently and the cops will be the hero!

Stop killing our children. Have it all. My civil liberties. My basic human rights. And though I will continue my struggle to refrain from shouting how much of an ingenious coward you are, you win.

The need to forgive the officer would not have moved me because, even then, in some inchoate form. I knew that Prince was not killed by a single officer so much as he was murdered by his country and all the fears that have marked it from birth.