"I am calling out white people who write about racism and do anti-racist training. You have centred yourselves in the movement, stolen ideas that Black, Indigenous and racialized people have been teaching for hundreds of years and shifted the narrative in a way to benefit you. Yes white people listen to you when you speak and close their ears to everyone else. Stop giving them a choice. Remove yourselves. WHAT WHITE PEOPLE CAN DO - stop writing about racism alone - only write and provide training with someone who has lived experience with racism - take only 35% of the earning that you make from anti-racist work - help white people understand racism but do it for free like we do most often and if yu get an honorarium donate it to a community organization that helps people who have lived experiences with racism - stop stealing our work and putting it into books - we don't care if you seem to give some credit for 'borrowing' our words - stop telling eeryone that white people can only hear/accept/learn about racism from you - showcase those with lived experiences in anti-racist work in preparation for your exit - after you have done the above for 5 years retire from making money off our backs and our pain" - Dr. Delores Mullings, Social Work Professor MUN  

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“There’s no such thing as being ‘not racist.’ We are either being racist or antiracist.” - Ibram X. Kendi

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"“A riot is the language of the unheard.” - Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.

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"“White feelings should never be held in higher regard than black lives.” — Rachel Cargle

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"I have a dream that my four little children will one day live in a nation where they will not be judged by the colour of their skin, but by the content of their character." - Martin Luther King, Civil Rights Leader

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"Race doesn't really exist for you because it has never been a barrier. Black folks don't have that choice." - Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie, Author and Activist

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"Until the killing of black men, black mothers' sons, becomes as important to the rest of the country as the killing of a white mother's son, we who believe in freedom cannot rest until this happens." - Ella Baker, Human Rights Activist

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"If you are neutral in situations of injustice, you have chosen the side of the oppressor. If an elephant has its foot on the tail of a mouse and you say that you are neutral, the mouse will not appreciate your neutrality." - Desmond Tutu, Human Rights Activist

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"You either have to be part of the solution, or you're going to be part of the problem." - Eldridge Cleaver, Political Activist and Author

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"Let’s be honest. Black pain, grief and rage are not only dismissed by elected officials, our response to those feelings are also criminalised. - Patrisse Cullors

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‘It’s up to all of us – Black, white, everyone – no matter how well-meaning we think we might be, to do the honest, uncomfortable work of rooting it out. It starts with self-examination and listening to those whose lives are different from our own. It ends with justice, compassion, and empathy that manifests in our lives and on our streets.’ – Michelle Obama

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"Race and racism is a reality that so many of us grow up learning to just deal with. But if we ever hope to move past it, it can’t just be on people of colour to deal with it. It’s up to all of us – black, white, everyone – no matter how well-meaning we think we might be, to do the honest, uncomfortable work of rooting it out." – Michelle Obama

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"We have to remember that for millions of Americans, being treated differently on account of race is tragically, painfully, maddeningly 'normal' - whether it's while dealing with the health care system, or interacting with the criminal justice system, or jogging down the street, or just watching birds in a park. This shouldn't be 'normal' in 2020 America. It can't be 'normal'. If we want our children to grow up in a nation that lives up to its highest ideals, we can and must be better." – Barack Obama

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"I love blackness, it is stunning, majestic, inspiring but it is also not here to serve non-black people when it suits them via sports, music, hairstyles, entertainment etc.
"It should be respected in the workplace and shouldn’t be ignored when it’s crying out in fear of being killed.⁣
"You really want that utopian ideal of what our world could be? You want to be proudly and ACTIVELY anti-racist, more than fearing being called a racist? I want that for you too.⁣
"If so, then do the work, educate yourself and others stand by us loudly, consistently, FOREVER."
- Clara Amfo

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"If you want to play piano, but you’re bad at playing piano, you practice and you get better.
"Don’t be the kind of white person who doesn’t post out of fear of f***ing up.
"If you want to support black people, but you’re bad at supporting black people, practice and get better."
- Akilah Hughes

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‘In a racist society it is not enough to be non-racist, we must be anti-racist.’ – Angela Davis

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‘As long as there is racial privilege, racism will never end.’ – Wayne Gerard Trotman

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‘If you live in this system of white supremacy, you are either fighting the system of you are complicit. There is no neutrality to be had towards systems of injustice, it is not something you can just opt out of.’ – Ijeoma Oluo

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