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“Either you believe these disparities exist because you believe that people of color and women are less intelligent, less hard working, and less talented than white men, or you believe that there are systemic issues keeping women and people of color from being hired into jobs, promoted, paid a fair wage, and accepted into college.”
― Ijeoma Oluo, So You Want to Talk About Race

“Don’t force people to acknowledge your good intentions. What matters is that somebody was hurt.”
― Ijeoma Oluo, So You Want to Talk About Race

“Regular exposure to microaggressions causes a person of color to feel isolated and invalidated. The inability to predict where and when a microaggression may occur leads to hypervigilance, which can then lead to anxiety disorders and depression.”
― Ijeoma Oluo, So You Want to Talk About Race

“People of color are not asking white people to believe their experiences so that they will fear the police as much as people of color do. They are asking because they want white people to join them in demanding their right to be able to trust the police like white people do.”
― Ijeoma Oluo, So You Want to Talk About Race