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Let's demonstrate, illustrate, the ways in which our communities are being undermined time and time again, and make sure that the broader public and those in power choose to stand with us.
~ Opal Tometi
Again
Being
Broader
Choose
Communities
Demonstrate
Illustrate
Make
Our
Power
Public
Stand
Sure
Those
Time
Time And Time
Undermined
Us
Ways
Which
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Many of the concessions that leading Democrats seem willing to make - from cutting diversity visas to chipping away at family visas - would be made on the backs of black immigrants, people from Africa and the Caribbean who deserve these policies to remain intact as some of the few legal tools they have to immigrate to this country.
~ Opal Tometi
Africa
Away
Backs
Black
Caribbean
Country
Cutting
Democrats
Deserve
Diversity
Family
Few
Immigrants
Intact
Leading
Legal
Made
Make
Many
People
Policies
Remain
Seem
Some
Tools
Who
Willing
Would
Would-Be
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Many thought that the abolition of slavery, the end of Jim Crow, and the legislative progress of the Civil Rights Era, among other watershed moments, would have fundamentally done away with the racist structures that have long oppressed black people. However, we know that has been far from the case.
~ Opal Tometi
Abolition
Among
Away
Been
Black
Case
Civil
Civil Rights
Crow
Done
End
Era
Far
Fundamentally
Has-Been
However
Jim
Jim Crow
Know
Legislative
Long
Many
Moments
Oppressed
Other
People
Progress
Rights
Slavery
Structures
Thought
Would
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My mom, my aunts, and all the Nigerian women in my life have been so fierce and strong. I have only grown up around powerful women, so I have a strong sense of self and our power.
~ Opal Tometi
Around
Aunts
Been
Fierce
Grown
Grown-Up
Life
Mom
My Life
Nigerian
Only
Our
Power
Powerful
Self
Sense
Strong
Strong Sense
Up
Women
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My parents being from Nigeria deeply informs all my social justice and human rights work.
~ Opal Tometi
Being
Deeply
Human
Informs
Justice
Nigeria
Parents
Rights
Social
Social Justice
Work
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My parents migrated to Phoenix, AZ, in the '80s, and I watched them work tirelessly to provide for me and my siblings as they encouraged us to pursue our dreams.
~ Opal Tometi
Dreams
Encouraged
Me
Our
Our Dreams
Parents
Phoenix
Provide
Pursue
Sibling
Them
Us
Watched
Work
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Only when the oppressed are heard can we have an honest solutions based dialogue.
~ Opal Tometi
Based
Dialogue
Heard
Honest
Only
Oppressed
Solutions
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Our communities are reeling from poverty, from unemployment, from discrimination of all sorts and different interactions that they're having with the law enforcement, and education system, and so on.
~ Opal Tometi
Communities
Different
Discrimination
Education
Enforcement
Having
Interactions
Law
Our
Poverty
Sort
System
Unemployment
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Police cannot be allowed to continue aggressive, violent, and often unconstitutional policing with impunity.
~ Opal Tometi
Aggressive
Allowed
Cannot
Continue
Impunity
Often
Police
Policing
Unconstitutional
Violent
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President Trump is mentally incapable of imagining the humanity of anyone who looks different from him or hails from a different nation.
~ Opal Tometi
Anyone
Different
Him
Humanity
Imagining
Incapable
Looks
Mentally
Nation
President
President Trump
Trump
Who
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Racism should be a core concern for all Americans in every area of our lives.
~ Opal Tometi
All Americans
American
Area
Concern
Core
Every
Lives
Our
Our Lives
Racism
Should
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Some of us have held the hands of friends or brothers as they struggled with military and police academy recruiters, and though many of them never dreamed of being policemen, a lack of opportunities led them to those positions.
~ Opal Tometi
Academy
Being
Brothers
Dreamed
Friends
Hands
Held
Lack
Led
Many
Military
Never
Opportunities
Police
Policemen
Positions
Some
Struggled
Them
Those
Though
Us
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The black immigrant experience in the U.S. must be understood not in contrast to the African American experience but as an integral part of it.
~ Opal Tometi
African
African-American
American
American Experience
Black
Contrast
Experience
Immigrant
Integral
Integral Part
Must
Part
Understood
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The reality is that anti-black racism is a global phenomenon, and it looks different in each context, but if you look at the outcomes, if you listen and look at the experiences, you will see that it's clear, and it's happening across the globe.
~ Opal Tometi
Across
Clear
Context
Different
Each
Experiences
Global
Globe
Happening
Listen
Look
Looks
Outcomes
Phenomenon
Racism
Reality
See
Will
You
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The U.S. government has rarely, if ever, used the criminal history of a certain immigrant population in determining if the whole community should be allowed to remain in the country under a humanitarian program, like TPS.
~ Opal Tometi
Allowed
Certain
Community
Country
Criminal
Determining
Ever
Government
History
Humanitarian
Immigrant
Like
Population
Program
Rarely
Remain
Should
U.S. Government
Used
Whole
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The U.S. has long characterized Haitian immigrants as criminals. This tradition began in 1963 when the first boat of Haitians seeking political asylum was summarily rejected by U.S. immigration officials, while at the same time the U.S. admitted thousands of Cubans as refugees and political asylees.
~ Opal Tometi
Admitted
Asylum
Began
Boat
Characterized
Criminals
Cuban
First
Haitian
Immigrants
Immigration
Long
Officials
Political
Refugees
Rejected
Same
Same Time
Seeking
Thousands
Time
Tradition
While
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The U.S.' refusal to acknowledge the plight of displaced Haitians and maintaining inhumane practices of neglect, disrespect, and violence amounts to a gross violation of human rights.
~ Opal Tometi
Acknowledge
Amount
Displaced
Disrespect
Gross
Haitian
Human
Inhumane
Maintaining
Neglect
Plight
Practices
Refusal
Rights
Violation
Violence
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The valuation of profit over people impedes human rights across much of the world.
~ Opal Tometi
Across
Human
Much
Over
People
Profit
Rights
World
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There are always groups on campus that are doing amazing things. I know when I was in college, I was a student at the University of Arizona, working on my bachelor's in history, and I got involved with a number of different groups that were connected to different social justice issues that I cared about.
~ Opal Tometi
About
Always
Amazing
Amazing Things
Arizona
Bachelor
Campus
Cared
College
Connected
Different
Doing
Got
Groups
History
Involved
Issues
Justice
Know
Number
Social
Social Justice
Student
Things
University
Were
Working
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There was a time when my uncle was in an immigration detention center, and members of our community would take turns visiting him each weekend. That instilled in me the value of taking care of each other even if the systems aren't working in your favor.
~ Opal Tometi
Care
Center
Community
Detention
Each
Even
Favor
Him
Immigration
Instilled
Me
Members
Other
Our
Our Community
Systems
Take
Taking
Time
Turns
Uncle
Value
Visiting
Weekend
Working
Would
Your
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