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People do not have a right to stay anonymous so they can spew their racist, misogynist, homophobic garbage.

Jul 06, 2017

Kirsten Powers, The Hill
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"There's one place with all the people with the greatest potential are gathered, and that's the graveyard. I say, exhume those bodies, exhume those stories. The stories of the people who dream big and never saw those dreams to fruition."

Feb 26, 2017

Viola Davis, ABC News
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She was warned. She was given an explanation. Nevertheless, she persisted.

Feb 07, 2017

Mitch McConnell, Senate floor speech
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Economic inequality for all is what we get when we chose to drain the swimming pool for all rather than let black people swim.

Jun 19, 2016

Heather McGee, Inequality.org
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This was a whitelash against a changing country. It was whitelash against a black president in part. And that's the part where the pain comes.

Nov 08, 2016

Van Jones, CNN
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When you are convinced your cause is just, you fight for it.

Dec 10, 1992

Rigoberta Menchu, Nobel Prize Committee
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The only thing that separates women of color from anyone else is opportunity. You cannot win an Emmy for roles that are simply not there.

Sep 17, 2016

Viola Davis, ABC News
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Es un racista. He is a flat-out racist and it’s what he’s played on for 16 months...Republicans need to speak up and people need to know that not all Republicans are represented by the hostile, vile voice of Donald Trump.

Oct 06, 2016

Ana Navarro, Huffington Post
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You know, just to be grossly generalistic, you could put half of Trump’s supporters into what I call the basket of deplorables. Right? The racist, sexist, homophobic, xenophobic, Islamaphobic — you name it.

Sep 09, 2016

Hillary Clinton, Campaign Event in New York
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I think implicit bias is a problem for everyone, not just police. I think, unfortunately, too many of us in our great country jump to conclusions about each other.

Sep 26, 2016

Hillary Clinton, Presidential Debate in Hofstra NY
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