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“We all have a role in this movement. There’s no better work a white person committed
to justice can do than confront anti-black racism in their communities, workplaces,
and within themselves. Just like it’s vitally important that Black people organize our
people, conscious white folks need to organize their communities.” — Waltrina Middleton – Cleveland Action, a member of the Host Committee for the Movement for
Black Lives Gathering

The battle is and always has been a battle for the hearts and minds of White people in
this country. The fight against racism is our issue. It’s not something that we’re called
on to help People of Color with. We need to become involved with it as if our lives depended on it because really, in truth, they do. —Anne Braden

It really boils down to this: that all life is interrelated. We are all caught in an inescapable network of mutuality, tied into a single garment of destiny. Whatever affects one
directly, affects all indirectly. — Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.

We need you defecting from White supremacy and changing the narrative of White
supremacy by breaking White silence.—Alicia Garza

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