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“Conversations on racism should never be about winning.”
― Ijeoma Oluo, So You Want to Talk About Race

“Race makes class hurt more.”
― Michael Eric Dyson, Tears We Cannot Stop: A Sermon to White America

“When black folk say “Black Lives Matter,” they are in search of simple recognition. That they are decent human beings, that they aren’t likely to commit crimes, that they’re reasonably smart. That they’re no more evil than the next person, that they’re willing to work hard to get ahead, that they love their kids and want them to do better than they did. That they are loving and kind and compassionate. And that they should be treated with the same respect that the average, nondescript, unexceptional white male routinely receives without fanfare or the expectation of”
― Michael Eric Dyson, Tears We Cannot Stop: A Sermon to White America

“But the truth is that what so often passes for American history is really a record of white priorities or conquests set down as white achievement.”
― Michael Eric Dyson, Tears We Cannot Stop: A Sermon to White America