We all lose when bullying and personal attacks become a substitute for genuine conversation and principled disagreement. Alicia Garza More Quotes by Alicia Garza More Quotes From Alicia Garza 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 place black practice world 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 fight black racism world 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 fight change tea history Sometimes you have to put a wrench in the gears to get people to listen. Alicia Garza listen you sometimes people We want to see a world where black lives matter in order for us to get to a world where all of our humanity is respected. Alicia Garza black humanity matter world We need to make sure we're creating spaces to create new leaders and new types of leadership. Alicia Garza need new create leadership For us, #BlackLivesMatter is really a re-humanization project. It's a way for us to love each other again, to love ourselves, and to project that love into the world so that we can transform it. Alicia Garza project love way world My mom has this thing where she doesn't sugarcoat stuff. Alicia Garza thing she where mom We've said from the very beginning Black Lives Matter is a network and also, as a broad set of individuals, is an organization moving to transform the way our society values black lives. It's not an 'Internet movement.' Alicia Garza beginning internet black society 'Socialism' became this weird household word partially because right-wingers call Obama a socialist, which he is the farthest from. Alicia Garza weird he because socialism There is hope for humanity, but in order for us to get there, we really have to interrogate not just what it takes to change laws, but what it takes to change culture that supports laws that uplift humanity and also supports laws that serve to denigrate it. Alicia Garza change humanity hope culture 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 people-say you family people 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 destination black relationship people 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 live me deserve people 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 understanding white world school One of the beautiful things about a movement is that there are many strategies and many tactics contained within it. Not every participant in a movement is required to do exactly the same things. Alicia Garza things beautiful-things beautiful Police violence is the tip of the iceberg when it relates to the conditions overall of black people across the globe. Alicia Garza police black violence people 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 black society matter life If you're quiet, knowing that there's a culture of racism inside most police departments, and you're not saying anything, you are on the wrong side of history. Alicia Garza you racism culture history People think that we're engaged with identity politics. The truth is that we're doing what the labor movement has always done - organizing people who are at the bottom. Alicia Garza politics identity truth people
