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Alicia Garza
Alicia Garza
American Activist
Born: Jan 4, 1981
Black Country Matter People World You
Related authors: Angela Davis Cesar Chavez Gloria Steinem Harriet Tubman Malcolm X Noam Chomsky Sojourner Truth Susan B. Anthony
We all lose when bullying and personal attacks become a substitute for genuine conversation and principled disagreement. Alicia Garza
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The reality is that race in the United States operates on a spectrum from black to white. Doesn't mean that people who are in between don't experience racism, but it means that the closer you are to white on that spectrum, the better off you are. And the closer to black that you are on that spectrum, the worse off your are. Alicia Garza
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We are clear that all lives matter, but we live in a world where that's not actually happening in practice. So if we want to get to the place where all lives matter, then we have to make sure that black lives matter, too. Alicia Garza
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Police violence is the tip of the iceberg when it relates to the conditions overall of black people across the globe. Alicia Garza
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Black Lives Matter was created as a response to state violence and anti-black racism and a call to action for those who want to fight it and build a world where black lives do, in fact, matter. Alicia Garza
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Every successful social movement in this country's history has used disruption as a strategy to fight for social change. Whether it was the Boston Tea Party to the sit-ins at lunch counters throughout the South, no change has been won without disruptive action. Alicia Garza
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My mom has this thing where she doesn't sugarcoat stuff. Alicia Garza
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When people say, 'Well, I don't talk to my family because they're all conservatives,' or 'I don't talk to my family because they're racist,' I'm, like, 'No, no, no; that's exactly who you need to be talking to.' Alicia Garza
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The reason that I started the Black Futures Lab is because I have some clarity about what I think needs to happen in relationship to electoral organizing. It's not a destination. It is a set of tools that we use to engage people that we care about, en masse, around issues that are important to us. Alicia Garza
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What is it going to take to dismantle the systems that keep me from being able to live well and that keep me and so many other people from being able to access the things that we need and deserve? Alicia Garza
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Growing up in a school that was majority white, my understanding of the world was that I was different but that differences shouldn't be talked about because it's uncomfortable. Alicia Garza
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Black Lives Matter is not just concerned with what happens in policing. The disregard, the disrespect, and the lack of dignity for black life transcends through the fabric of our society. Alicia Garza
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I'll be honest with you, I really struggle with the conversation around gun control. Alicia Garza
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We can make black lives matter in the labor movement by building the kinds of movements that black women need to shape a new economy and a new democracy that don't force them to choose between making a living and being a part of a healthy democracy. Alicia Garza
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The night that George Zimmerman was acquitted, I think, for black people all over the world, there was a collective feeling of incredible grief and incredible rage. And that verdict not only let George Zimmerman go home to his family, but it sent a message to black people everywhere that our lives did not matter. Alicia Garza
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There is no separation between the black community and the LGBT community. As a black, queer woman myself, I often have to assert, right, that it's not one or the other but that I am all of these things. Alicia Garza
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For me, it's clear Beyonce sees herself as a part of the movement for black lives and believes that black lives matter - and ultimately, that's what matters. Alicia Garza
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The police are not taking accountability for the violence that they enact in our communities, and yet there isn't as much outrage about that as there is about some broken windows and lost property. Alicia Garza
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Ultimately, policing in and of itself is problematic. Alicia Garza
Policing Ultimately Itself Problematic
The best advice I ever got as an organizer was that if you can organize your family, you're a good organizer. Alicia Garza
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The Clintons use black people for votes but then don't do anything for black communities after they're elected. They use us for photo ops. Alicia Garza
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I need to create an environment where I can be my best self, and that means being unapologetic about saying no to things that don't serve me or move me closer to my purpose and the things that I care about the most. Alicia Garza
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I think race and racism is probably the most studied social, economic, and political phenomenon in this country, but it's also the least understood. Alicia Garza
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I think that there is an element where leadership is lonely, but I also believe that it doesn't have to be like that. Alicia Garza
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Although police terrorism plays a specific role on behalf of the state, it is not the totality of what state violence looks like or feels like in our communities. Alicia Garza
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It's actually OK to be unique and have your own contributions, to celebrate what it means to be black, how we've survived and thrived through the worst conditions possible. Alicia Garza
Celebrate Black Thrive Own OK Worst Possible Through How Conditions Survived Contributions Means Your Unique Actually
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