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I think it's useful to recall that a lot of these statutes like 'disrupting the classroom' or 'disturbing the peace' have long been historically used to oppress and criminalize black people.

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Black girls are punished, many times violently so, for questioning and challenging authority, which is something that is often celebrated and encouraged as a sign of intelligence and critical thinking in white boys.

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We have to move back to the idea that education isn't about teaching people to bow to rigid rules. That's not what democracy is about.

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In a true democracy, there has to be a line between deliberative debate and mob rule. Trump has crossed the line, and much of the media has exacerbated the problem by treating his remarks as entertainment, effectively encouraging his competition to do the same.

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The point of feminism is you shouldn't have to be a man to be treated with equal respect.

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We're never going to come to a moment where all of us who claim to be feminists can agree about what the first priority of feminism is.

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Biography

Nationality: American

Type: Activist

Born: Unknown

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