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I will not sit in a room with black people when the N word is used. I know it was meant to belittle a person, so I will not sit there and have that poison put on me. Now a black person can say, ‚Oh, you know, I can use this word because I’m black.‘
Maya AngelouTrayvon Martin could have been me 35 years ago.
Barack ObamaLiving in a state of terror was new to many white people in America, but black people have been living in a state of terror in this country for more than 400 years.
Maya AngelouI had practiced with the team, and the first scheduled game was with the University of Missouri. They made it quite clear to the Army that they would not play a team with a black player on it. Instead of telling me the truth, the Army gave me leave to go home.
Jackie RobinsonI grew up in the South under segregation. So, I know what terrorism feels like – when your father could be taken out in the middle of the night and lynched just because he didn’t look like he was in an obeying frame of mind when a white person said something he must do. I mean, that’s terrorism, too.
Alice WalkerSo many killings of black men in my lifetime. The physical shock is astounding.
Alice Walker