DeRay Mckesson Quotes
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We have to create a world where people can show up as whole people every single time.
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Protest is political. It is as political as what our conception of America is.
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It is one thing to talk about fundraising and another to do it as a candidate, and I have learned so much about how much money it costs to run a campaign and what it means to raise money.
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It's important to acknowledge the danger when we provide an academic venue for racism. It's interesting to hear people push the, quote, 'free speech' narrative in this way. They deny the speech of the people who disagree.
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Laws on hate speech and hate crimes do important work in a world that has been rooted in racism and bigotry since the inception of this country, which was not founded on ideals of justice.
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I think people who are not from here think the Inner Harbor is the only center for culture or fun in the city, and there's so much more to Baltimore. The Harbor's a beautiful place, but there are so many gems embedded in other communities that don't get as much visibility.
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I am not naive enough to believe that voting is the only way to bring about transformational change, just as I know that protest alone is not the sole solution to the challenges we face.
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I am mindful that the goal of protest is not more protest, but the goal of protest is change.
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Trump wants to take us back to a time when people like him could abuse others with little to no consequence, when people like him could exploit the labor of others to build vast amounts of wealth, when people like him could create public policy that specifically benefited them while suppressing the rights and social mobility of others.
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When Trump says, 'Make America great again,' he is referencing an era when people were singled out and harmed because of their race and religious beliefs, and when violent enforcement of Jim Crow masqueraded as the will of the people.
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What we know to be true is that comfort isn't always freedom. People confuse the two.
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Black people have always been more than our pain. The joy is so much a part of how we have survived and thrived.
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Being mayor is about offering a vision for the city, putting the right people in the right place, and executing that vision.
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If City Hall started projecting swastikas, no one would say 'You know what? Free speech.' People would say that is wrong.
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I think about freedom and the urgency around our imagination. If you can't imagine it, you can't fight for it.
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I'm a black, gay man, and I should be able to live in a world where I'm able to live in the complexity of my identity in a way that is safe and secure, like everyone else.
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I've worked in two public school districts, Minneapolis and Baltimore, one as a senior leader. And while we might not always have agreed with the union, and we might have had deep differences, they came to the table.
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The first time I was ever impressed with Patagonia as a brand was when they released the 'Don't Buy This Jacket' campaign. That campaign highlighted their understanding of their role in a larger environmental justice space.
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There is nothing romantic about teargas. Or smoke bombs or rubber bullets or sound cannons.
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People are not as imaginative as they think they are.
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Most of my life's information is public. I got a text one day from a hacker who texted me all of my credit card information.
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Twitter is half me trying to live in the world and half me processing and sharing the world. I share a lot, and some of that is to keep me honest.
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A lot of organizers are trying to figure out how do we create entrances for people so they can be involved in the work in a way that makes them feel is aligned to the things they're interested in and not the things the organizer is interested in?
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It is not a new tactic for people to use any avenue they can to silence black activists.