The beauty of being black in American society is that black has always been an inclusive definition.
BENJAMIN JEALOUSThe beauty of being black in American society is that black has always been an inclusive definition.
BENJAMIN JEALOUSI train my kids to dream really big and impossible dreams and to pursue them doggedly.
BENJAMIN JEALOUSLet us invest less and less in war and tax cuts for the richest 1 percent, and more and more in jobs and schools for the other 99 percent.
BENJAMIN JEALOUSWe really have to, as a country, recognize that school is where people get their identity not just as a scholar, or a future business person, but as a citizen. And we need to make sure that schools set them up for success as citizens.
BENJAMIN JEALOUSIn order to bring down the incarceration rate, you’ve got to start with the beginning of life. You’ve got to make sure that parents and schools are prepared to prepare young people for success. You’ve got to deal with the next stage of life.
BENJAMIN JEALOUSCivil marriage, like all civil rights provided by the government, must be provided equally to all Americans.
BENJAMIN JEALOUSNo person can maximize the American Dream on the minimum wage.
BENJAMIN JEALOUSThe U.S. Constitution contains no right for a child to go to school, let alone for a child to go to a good school. And yet, we know that if they don’t go to a good school, they’re less likely to be able to realize all that this country has to offer.
BENJAMIN JEALOUSIt misdirects crucial resources and undercuts the trust needed between law enforcement and the communities they serve. It has no place in our national discourse, and no place in our nation’s police departments.
BENJAMIN JEALOUSI was raised in a family where we were taught that the best thing you could do with your life was to really kind of push the cause of progress and justice and human rights forward.
BENJAMIN JEALOUSI think we need to let the old racial order just stay where it is and not seek to improve upon it. Not try to create more racial categories, because all that does is it makes a race stick around longer.
BENJAMIN JEALOUSYou’ve got to make sure that people have the opportunity to work at a good job, they have access to good healthcare, and that they have the opportunity to build wealth over time.
BENJAMIN JEALOUSAs an American people, what is greatest about our history are the many times we have led this world away from hate, towards hope.
BENJAMIN JEALOUSRacial profiling punishes innocent individuals for the past actions of those who look and sound like them.
BENJAMIN JEALOUSWhen somebody says the best thing you can do is be tough, the best thing you can do is use your brute force, then we’re selling ourselves short.
BENJAMIN JEALOUSWhen you’re smart on crime, you start off by recognizing that both the victim, first of all, the victim, but also the person who did the crime are both human.
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