Author: DeRay Mckesson

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I am mindful that the goal of protest is not more protest, but the goal of protest is change.

I am mindful that the goal of protest is not more protest, but the goal of protest is change.

- DeRay Mckesson

I wasn't a very good writer before college. I don't think I was a very good reader.

I wasn't a very good writer before college. I don't think I was a very good reader.

- DeRay Mckesson

The history of blackness is also a history of erasure.

The history of blackness is also a history of erasure.

- DeRay Mckesson

I think that I, because of student government and because of working in Baltimore, knew how to be creative with very little resources.

I think that I, because of student government and because of working in Baltimore, knew how to be creative with very little resources.

- DeRay Mckesson

The difference between equity and equality is that equality is everyone get the same thing and equity is everyone get the things they deserve.

The difference between equity and equality is that equality is everyone get the same thing and equity is everyone get the things they deserve.

- DeRay Mckesson

We have to create a world where people can show up as whole people every single time.

We have to create a world where people can show up as whole people every single time.

- DeRay Mckesson

What we choose to do today and tomorrow will shape our future and build our reality.

What we choose to do today and tomorrow will shape our future and build our reality.

- DeRay Mckesson

I think people are uncomfortable talking about the racist history of this country and what we need to do to undo the impact of racism.

I think people are uncomfortable talking about the racist history of this country and what we need to do to undo the impact of racism.

- DeRay Mckesson

Sometimes, the hate that I endure is not necessarily about me but about the space I'm in.

Sometimes, the hate that I endure is not necessarily about me but about the space I'm in.

- DeRay Mckesson

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