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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

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The open source nature of the Internet is both a blessing and a curse, because just as much as we can watch what's happening around the world, we can also be watched.

~Alicia Garza

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It took me a long time to figure out that I didn't have to do everything, that it was actually a lot more helpful if I did a couple things really, really well than a whole bunch of things really badly, or nothing at all, because the whole thing was overwhelming.

~Alicia Garza

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I grew up in Marin County, which is a wealthy suburb of San Francisco.

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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.

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I think that there is an element where leadership is lonely, but I also believe that it doesn't have to be like that.

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It's hard to be a leader when you have to make hard choices and when you have to do what's right, even though people are not going to like you for it.

~Alicia Garza

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Although police terrorism plays a specific role on behalf of the state, it is not the totality of what state violence looks like or feels like in our communities.

~Alicia Garza

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'Socialism' became this weird household word partially because right-wingers call Obama a socialist, which he is the farthest from.

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It's actually OK to be unique and have your own contributions, to celebrate what it means to be black, how we've survived and thrived through the worst conditions possible.

~Alicia Garza

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Biography

Nationality: American

Type: Activist

Born: January 4th, 1981

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