5 Jesse Williams Quotes On Race And Politics That Will Make You Fall In Love With Him
“The burden of the brutalized is not to comfort the bystander.”
“The burden of the brutalized is not to comfort the bystander.”
I don’t expect too much. I just expect what’s fair.
I don’t want you to be a superhero. I just want you to be human.
The Harry Potter actress posted this photo to Facebook on Monday with the caption: “I’ve been hiding copies of Mom & Me & Mom for Books on the Underground on the tube today! See if you can find one tomorrow! #OurSharedSelf”
Thousands of protestors have been challenging the construction of the Dakota Access Pipeline for months. The pipeline would stretch from North Dakota to Illinois and the opposition against the pipeline is being held by many protestors, including the Standing Rock Sioux tribe.
Are you thinking about dressing up like an “Native American Princess” for Halloween this year? Or wearing blackface to be a “Zulu Warrior”? (I wish I was kidding) Or what about dressing like a “Mexican Mariachi player” or wearing a kimono to dress like a sexy “geisha”? Please don’t. These are not costumes. They are cultures and identities.
You will be a story I tell my daughter someday when she comes home crying with a broken heart. I’ll tell her of a boy I once knew. Of a boy I once loved. I’ll hold her as she whispers the same words that dripped from my own mouth many years before. I’ll listen as she tells me about a boy a lot like you, a boy who promised her the world and then walked away.
If being obsessed with Gilmore Girls is wrong, I don’t want to be right.
When I think of New York, I’ll remember being in love.
Basically, if only women voted, Hillary Clinton would win, and if only men voted, Donald Trump would win. This says a lot about the supposed “great” relationship Trump claims to have with the women in his country.
“Every girl, no matter where she is born, should be able to express her views, live free of violence and discrimination, and have a fair chance to reach her full potential.” — Michelle Bachelet, Executive Director, UN Women