Matter Quotes

We need to listen to Black women.

Our freedom is threatened every time one of our young people is killed by another child, every time a person gets stopped and beaten by the police because of the color of their skin.

Our virtues and our failings are inseparable, like force and matter. When they separate, man is no more.

We have to consciously study how to be tender with each other until it becomes a habit because what was native has been stolen from us, the love of Black women for each other.

Black people need some peace, white people need some peace, and we’re gonna have to fight, we’re gonna have to struggle, we’re gonna have to struggle relentlessly to bring about some peace.

Confession is not betrayal. What you say or do doesn’t matter; only feelings matter. If they could make me stop loving you-that would be the real betrayal.

Whether one is rich or poor, educated or illiterate, religious or nonbelieving, man or woman, black, white, or brown, we are all the same.

In this difficult moment for the whole world, let’s be thankful for the things that matter – our health, our family, our loved ones.

For me the history of the place of black people in this country is so varied, complex and beautiful. And impactful.

Your silence will not protect you.