“Racism, specifically, is the state-sanctioned or extralegal production and exploitation of group-differentiated vulnerability to premature death.”
― Golden Gulag: Prisons, Surplus, Crisis, and Opposition in Globalizing California
― Golden Gulag: Prisons, Surplus, Crisis, and Opposition in Globalizing California
“We have to recognise that there cannot be relationships unless there is commitment, unless there is loyalty, unless there is love, patience, persistence.”
― Breaking Bread: Insurgent Black Intellectual Life
― Breaking Bread: Insurgent Black Intellectual Life
“While it has become “cool” for white folks to hang out with black people and express pleasure in black culture, most white people do not feel that this pleasure should be linked to unlearning racism.”
― Killing Rage: Ending Racism
― Killing Rage: Ending Racism
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