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"The challenges African-Americans are facing today are rooted in the system of slavery."
"In high school I dated a white woman. She would come to visit me on the rez. And her dad, who was very racist, didn't like that at all. And he told her one time, 'You shouldn't go on the rez if you're white because Indians have a lot of anger in their heart.'"
"I would guess, perhaps too optimistically, that nearly ever racist believes it is morally wrong to be racist. And since nearly every person thinks of themselves as being moral, then a racist must consciously and subconsciously employ tortured logic in order to explain away their racism--in order to believe themselves to be nonracist."
"A 'black' man who draws a 'black' person with big lips is called observant. A 'white' man who does the same is called a racist."
"It's a scary world we live in when a person of color endorses a racist for president."
"If only Al Sharpton were around, Lincoln would have known he was a victim of racism."
Explore more quotes by Darnell Lamont Walker
"If you weren't built for this life, you'd be dead by now. i think the problem is people don't share enough of their pain with the world, so they never know who else is in pain, too, and what others are going through. we're never really alone in anything."
"I will help build your museum. When you run out of space to hang your work. You can hang your work in mine."
"Because you thought love was just gonna be there. You weren't taught that it had to be made, it had to be mixed, kneaded, recycled. Over and over, you have to keep creating it. Over and over with everyone you love. Over and over."
"Once a year I need to hear you tell me how proud you are of me for growing a little more."
"There are institutions filled with people who talk to god. we've labeled and drugged them."
"Your dreams are so far outside of your comfort zone, you've convinced yourself you don't dream at all."
"The meetings and marches and vigils are cool, but if the enemy isn't present, you're just talking slick to a can of oil."
"You can't fight and claim you want to be free from the oppressor while still holding tight to things the oppressor gave you."
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