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

~Deray Mckesson

Topics: Create Every Every Single Time People Show Single Single Time Time Up Where Whole World

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Twitter is half me trying to live in the world and half me processing and sharing the world. I share a lot, and some of that is to keep me honest.

~Deray Mckesson

Topics: Half Honest Keep Live Lot Me Processing Share Sharing Some Trying Twitter World

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The arts scene in Baltimore is really rich and very vibrant. It's one of the untold stories of the city.

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Topics: Arts Baltimore City Really Rich Scene Stories Untold Very Vibrant

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The activism of marginalized people often comes with visibility and being heard. Which can lead people to believe that recognition and awareness is the actual end point. And it is not.

~Deray Mckesson

Topics: Activism Actual Awareness Being Believe End Heard Lead Marginalized Often People Point Recognition Visibility Which

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I am often asked what it is like to be on the 'front line.' But I do not use the term 'front line' to describe us, the protesters. Because everywhere in America, wherever we are, our blackness puts us in close proximity to police violence.

~Deray Mckesson

Topics: Am America Asked Because Blackness Close Describe Everywhere Front Front Line Like Line Often Our Police Proximity Puts Term Us Use Violence Wherever I Am

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I think my imagination about jobs was pretty limited. There were so few jobs that I actually saw people who looked like me in, that I imagined myself in, that I think I just stopped imagining.

~Deray Mckesson

Topics: About Actually Few Imagination Imagined Imagining Jobs Just Like Limited Looked Me Myself People Pretty Saw Stopped Think Were Who I Think

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Bowdoin was the first place that I fell in love with. When I visited, I just had never been to a place with that many resources and that much access to information. That was stuff that you saw in movies. I didn't know that existed in real life.

~Deray Mckesson

Topics: Access Been Existed Fell First First Place Had Information Just Know Life Love Many Movies Much Never Place Real Real Life Resources Saw Stuff Visited You

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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

Topics: Baltimore Because Creative Government How Knew Little Resources Student Think Very Working I Think

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

~Deray Mckesson

Topics: Before College Good Good Writer Reader Think Very Writer

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I think of protest as confrontation and disruption, as the end of silence.

~Deray Mckesson

Topics: Confrontation Disruption End Protest Silence Think I Think

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Biography

Nationality: American

Type: Activist

Born: July 9th, 1985

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