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Being mayor is about offering a vision for the city, putting the right people in the right place, and executing that vision.

~Deray Mckesson

Topics: About Being City Executing Mayor Offering People Place Putting Right Right People Right Place Vision

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I've worked in two public school districts, Minneapolis and Baltimore, one as a senior leader. And while we might not always have agreed with the union, and we might have had deep differences, they came to the table.

~Deray Mckesson

Topics: Agreed Always Baltimore Came Deep Differences Districts Had Leader Might Public Public School School Senior Table Two Union While Worked

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Laws on hate speech and hate crimes do important work in a world that has been rooted in racism and bigotry since the inception of this country, which was not founded on ideals of justice.

~Deray Mckesson

Topics: Been Country Crimes Founded Hate Ideals Important Important Work Inception Justice Laws Racism Rooted Since Speech Which Work World

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It's important to acknowledge the danger when we provide an academic venue for racism. It's interesting to hear people push the, quote, 'free speech' narrative in this way. They deny the speech of the people who disagree.

~Deray Mckesson

Topics: Academic Acknowledge Danger Deny Disagree Free Free Speech Hear Hear People Important Interesting Narrative People Provide Push Quote Racism Speech Venue Way Who

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If City Hall started projecting swastikas, no one would say 'You know what? Free speech.' People would say that is wrong.

~Deray Mckesson

Topics: City Free Free Speech Hall Know People Projecting Say Speech Started Would Wrong You

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I grew up in a world of Officer Friendly. It was just the image I had.

~Deray Mckesson

Topics: Friendly Grew Had Image Just Officer Up World

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People in power make the path to power. It means that we will always get the same system, and it's one that is not necessarily in the interest of people's lives.

~Deray Mckesson

Topics: Always Get Interest Lives Make Means Necessarily Path People Power Same System Will

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When I reflect on the Colbert interview, it moved so quickly that what we didn't do was define white privilege, and I wish we had done that. White privilege is the benefit resulting from white being seen as the standard, regardless of gender and income.

~Deray Mckesson

Topics: Being Benefit Define Done Gender Had Income Interview Moved Privilege Quickly Reflect Regardless Resulting Seen Standard White Wish I Wish

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There are people who have demonstrated their willingness to challenge systems and structures, and then when it comes to elections, some of those same people - I don't know where their fight went. What's interesting to me is to see people lose the revolution when it comes to elections.

~Deray Mckesson

Topics: Challenge Elections Fight Interesting Know Lose Me People Revolution Same See Some Structures Systems Then Those Where Who Willingness

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For our kids to go to school, they must be alive, and for adults to work, they must not be in jail.

~Deray Mckesson

Topics: Adult Alive Go Jail Kids Must Our School Work

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Biography

Nationality: American

Type: Activist

Born: July 9th, 1985

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