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You are enough to start a movement. Individual people can come together around things that they know are unjust. And they can spark change.

~Deray Mckesson

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We question these issues of race and struggle and white privilege because we know that those issues are real and because those issues have real implications in black communities. And white supremacy is not only dangerous, but it is deadly.

~Deray Mckesson

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People like to act like we don't have a legacy of racism here. I think people get really uncomfortable with it. We know that we can't change it unless we address that.

~Deray Mckesson

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I think about Twitter as the friend that's always awake. It's why I tweet so much.

~Deray Mckesson

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I think the reality is that there's a role for everybody to play in the work of social justice and that we have to organize everybody. That means that Silicon Valley has to be organized, the fashion industry has to be organized, the formerly incarcerated have to be organized, the teachers.

~Deray Mckesson

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I think that Silicon Valley and technology can play a huge role in redefining what community looks like and how people come together and what authentic relationships look like, but that is not only their burden.

~Deray Mckesson

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Most of my life's information is public. I got a text one day from a hacker who texted me all of my credit card information.

~Deray Mckesson

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It will always be important that people continue to push on the system from the outside. It will also be important that people make the changes that we know are necessary on the inside.

~Deray Mckesson

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I'm not a politician. I'm somebody who knows the world can be better, and I'm willing to fight for it.

~Deray Mckesson

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If you close your eyes and think about where you feel the most safe, you're probably not going to tell me it's in a room full of police. You feel safe where you're around people that love you, when you have food and shelter, when you're being pushed to be your best self and learn.

~Deray Mckesson

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Biography

Nationality: American

Type: Activist

Born: July 9th, 1985

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