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Music helps shape the way people think about the world and act in the world.

~Deray Mckesson

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I'm a black, gay man, and I should be able to live in a world where I'm able to live in the complexity of my identity in a way that is safe and secure, like everyone else.

~Deray Mckesson

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If Trump is president, I think that his administration will do real structural damage that will take years or decades for us to undo.

~Deray Mckesson

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The first time I was ever impressed with Patagonia as a brand was when they released the 'Don't Buy This Jacket' campaign. That campaign highlighted their understanding of their role in a larger environmental justice space.

~Deray Mckesson

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Politics is compromise, by its very nature. But we never compromise on our values and beliefs.

~Deray Mckesson

Topics: Beliefs Compromise Nature Never Our Politics Values Very

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Trump wants to take us back to a time when people like him could abuse others with little to no consequence, when people like him could exploit the labor of others to build vast amounts of wealth, when people like him could create public policy that specifically benefited them while suppressing the rights and social mobility of others.

~Deray Mckesson

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Black people have always been more than our pain. The joy is so much a part of how we have survived and thrived.

~Deray Mckesson

Topics: Always Been Black How Joy More Much Our Pain Part People Survived Than Thrive

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A cacophony of whispers is also noise. There are many ways to be heard, and there are many ways to be visible. There are many ways to be seen.

~Deray Mckesson

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What we know to be true is that comfort isn't always freedom. People confuse the two.

~Deray Mckesson

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I think Twitter is an incredible platform. I want to see it succeed.

~Deray Mckesson

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Biography

Nationality: American

Type: Activist

Born: July 9th, 1985

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