Ta-Nehisi Coates Quotes
If I have to jump six feet to get the same thing that you have to jump two feet for - that's how racism works.
Ta-Nehisi Coates
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I grew up in the Deep South, where sexism, racism, and homophobia were and still are alive and well. I have early, early memories of words and actions of this type being very painful.
Pauley Perrette
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Many white people experience themselves as powerless, even in the face of privilege. But the fact is that we all have a sphere of influence, some domain in which we exercise some level of power and control. The task for each of us, White and of color, is to identify what our own sphere of influence is (however large or small) and to consider how it might be used to interrupt the cycle of racism.
Beverly Daniel Tatum
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During most of the Bush administration, human rights and democracy in Egypt were on the front burner.
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If I have to jump six feet to get the same thing that you have to jump two feet for - that's how racism works.
Ta-Nehisi Coates
