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“So, what is the dust? The dust is the thick residue of white supremacy and legal, racist structures that were intentionally designed to support White people and subjugate Black people. The dust is omnipresent affecting and infecting all of us. It never disappears.”
“Juneteenth is an opportunity to create safe spaces that invite respectful and meaningful conversations. It is a microphone for America to confess its corporate sin of slavery, seek forgiveness and do the work of repentance. “
“Once the shock of yet another violent attack settles in and our senses recalibrate, too many of us simply go back to living our lives the same way we were before. It’s almost as if the violence was “BREAKING NEWS,” that temporarily interrupted the regularly scheduled program of our lives and once announcement ends, we go back to business as usual until the next interruption. lives the same way we were before. It’s almost as if the violence was “BREAKING NEWS,” that temporarily interrupted the regularly scheduled program of our lives and once announcement ends, we go back to business as usual until the next interruption. “
“I’m sick and tired of being presented with a soiled Band-Aid or no aid at all for the gaping, oozing, stinking wound that is racism in America.”
“Judge Jackson’s confirmation is a communal confirmation for Black people everywhere and especially in the United States. Black women continue to be underestimated, overlooked, oversexualized, marginalized and misunderstood. Collectively, we work twice as hard to get half as far still having to prove that we should have access to opportunities for which we are well qualified.”
“To develop empathy for someone else, we must first see the other person as human and thus as equal. White people must choose to recognize and care about the humanity of Black people which comes with caring about what Black people value and experience.”
“I could list thousands more Black firsts in this country as there have been many. The pride that I feel when I hear the words “first black,” cannot be contained but my feelings are mixed because while being the first is historical, it also comes with a burden of undeserved pressure for every person who accepts the challenge. And it agitates me that 400 years after the first Africans, were forced to the shores of what would become the United States, Black people are still denied access into every positive opportunity that American offers.”
“Slavery in the 18th and 19th centuries was commonplace so I wonder what George would think about so many people in modern times working to erase this sordid practice and its effects from the annals of American History.”
“Racially motivated assaults on Black people are not new and this is one of the many reasons that teaching accurate American History is critically important. We need to understand the historical connection between past and current oppression against Black people in this country. The mechanisms by which Black people are being oppressed have changed form but the motivations are the same.”
“We all have a light, even it’s a flicker. I encourage you to pay attention to the flicker; don’t’ ignore it or smother it. No matter what age you are, don’t discount the leap in your heart when you do something that ignites your internal flame. God is always leading us toward a deeper relationship with Him and He is always nudging us closer to our purpose in Him. We will feel the nudge if we choose to pay attention.”