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Racism is any prejudice against someone because of their race when those views are reinforced by systems of power.
So You Want to Talk About Race (2018)
Poor people shouldn’t have to prove how much they deserve to have a roof over their heads and feed their children.
So You Want to Talk About Race (2018)
Being privileged doesn't mean that you are always wrong and people without privilege are always right. It means that there is a good chance you are missing a few very important pieces of the puzzle.
So You Want to Talk About Race (2018)
If there was anything I could say or do that would convince someone that I or people like me don't deserve justice or equality, then they never believed in justice and equality in the first place.
So You Want to Talk About Race (2018)
For all of the pedestals MLK is now put on, far above the reach of ordinary black Americans, Martin was in his life viewed as the most dangerous man in America.
So You Want to Talk About Race (2018)
Our police force was not created to serve black Americans; it was created to police black Americans and serve white Americans.
So You Want to Talk About Race (2018)
Privilege, in the social justice context, is an advantage or a set of advantages that you have that others do not
So You Want to Talk About Race (2018)
Intersectionality decentralizes people who are used to being the primary focus of the movements they are a part of
So You Want to Talk About Race (2018)
We can broadly define the concept of cultural appropriation as the adoption or exploitation of another culture by a more dominant culture
So You Want to Talk About Race (2018)
What keeps a poor child in Appalachia poor is not what keeps a poor child in Chicago poor—even if from a distance, the outcomes look the same. And what keeps an able-bodied black woman poor is not what keeps a disabled white man poor, even if the outcomes look the same.
So You Want to Talk About Race (2018)
Disadvantaged white people are not erased by discussions of disadvantages facing people of color, just as brain cancer is not erased by talking about breast cancer. They are two different issues with two different treatments, and they require two different conversations.
So You Want to Talk About Race (2018)
If you live in this system of white supremacy, you are either fighting the system of you are complicit. There is no neutrality to be had towards systems of injustice, it is not something you can just opt out of.
So You Want to Talk About Race (2018)
Intersectionality, the belief that our social justice movements must consider all of the intersections of identity, privilege, and oppression that people face in order to be just and effective, is the number one requirement of all of the work that I do.
So You Want to Talk About Race (2018)