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Tarana Burke

American Activist

Born: Sep 12, 1973

About Healing Me People Work You

Related authors: Angela Davis Cesar Chavez Gloria Steinem Harriet Tubman Malcolm X Noam Chomsky Sojourner Truth Susan B. Anthony

These movements aren't about anger. We're not angrily saying 'Black Lives Matter.' We're declaring it. It's a declaration. We want to be seen as robust, full human beings that have anger and have joy. We want to be able to just freely have that joy. Like everybody else does. Tarana Burke

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For every R. Kelly or Bill Cosby or Harvey Weinstein, there's, you know, the owner of the grocery store, the coach, the teacher, the neighbor, who are doing the same things. But we don't pay attention until it's a big name. And we don't pay attention 'til it's a big celebrity. Tarana Burke

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Get up. Stand up. Speak up. Do something. Tarana Burke

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We talk about sexual harassment in the workplace, but there's sexual harassment in schools, right? There's sexual harassment on the street. So there's a larger conversation to be had. And I think it will be a disservice to people if we couch this conversation in about what happens in Hollywood or what happens in even political offices. Tarana Burke

The work is more than just about the amplification of survivors and quantifying their numbers. The work is really about survivors talking to each other and saying, 'I see you. I support you. I get it.' Tarana Burke

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'Me Too' is about letting - using the power of empathy to stomp out shame. Tarana Burke

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The young girls of color that first encountered the 'me too' movement in community centers and classrooms and church basements were there not only because they needed a safe space, but because they needed their own space. Tarana Burke

The work of #MeToo is about healing. It's about healing as individuals and healing as communities. Tarana Burke

Work Healing About Individuals Communities

If I found a healing tree in my backyard, and it grew some sort of fruit that was a healing balm for people to repair what was damaged, I'm not going to just harvest all of those fruits and say, 'You cant have this.' If I have a cure for people, I'm going to share it. Tarana Burke

I don't think that every single case of sexual harassment has to result in someone being fired; the consequences should vary. But we need a shift in culture so that every single instance of sexual harassment is investigated and dealt with. That's just basic common sense. Tarana Burke

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Inherently, having privilege isn't bad, but it's how you use it, and you have to use it in service of other people. Tarana Burke

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There are so many different people doing amazing work across the country that I, in my capacity, definitely want to lift up, because they don't get lifted up that often. Tarana Burke

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We want to turn victims into survivors - and survivors into thrivers. Tarana Burke

Survivors Want Victims Turn

We use a term called 'empowerment through empathy.' And 'Me Too' is so powerful, because somebody had said it to me - right? - and it changed the trajectory of my healing process once I heard that. Tarana Burke

People are trying to find an outlet to tell their truth. Tarana Burke

Truth People Tell Find Outlet Trying

I just don't believe that 'no' is always a final answer - unless we're talking about consent. Tarana Burke

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If we keep on 'making statements' and not really doing the work, we are going to be in trouble. Tarana Burke

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Nobody can take you out of something, especially if you're the one who started it. Tarana Burke

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Even when black folks make me angry, I know that the foundation is that I love us. I want us to win, and I want us to have all the things that we deserve in the world. And that's driven by love. Tarana Burke

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I have been working with young people for more than 25 years. Tarana Burke

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I'm really a worker and about rolling up my sleeves and doing the work. If that lands me a place in history, then I would be among amazing company. Tarana Burke

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The first thing I organized around was the Central Park Five case for the young men who were accused. We talked about the unfair misrepresentation of these young teenagers in the media. I've been fighting back against Donald Trump for a long time. Tarana Burke

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