Opal Tometi: Blackness

Opal Tometi is Nigerian–American writer, strategist and community organizer. Explore interesting quotes on blackness.

Opal Tometi: 22 quotes 1 like

“I'm extremely gratified that people have heard and are taking ownership of Black Lives Matter. People now know that in their respective industries and countries, they have the responsibility to ensure that Black people are respected, protected and affirmed.”

Opal Tometi

Source: Black Lives Matter Was Always Designed to Be a Global Movement, Vice] (7 July 2020)

Country , People

“We also believe that we cannot truly become free when marginalised Black communities are kept at the margins and are forgotten. We don't believe that there can be a trickle-down social justice. We believe that people on the margins must be brought centre.”

Opal Tometi

Black Lives Matter Was Always Designed to Be a Global Movement, Vice] (7 July 2020)

Justice , People , Communication

“When you're sitting at home or living at a slower pace and you see that Black folks in your community are attacked, killed, murdered by vigilantes and by the police, you wake up, you rise to action, and you rise quickly.”

Opal Tometi

Black Lives Matter Was Always Designed to Be a Global Movement, Vice] (7 July 2020)

Home , Communication

“I was interested in giving folks like black, poor people who’ve been marginalized, brutalized, an opportunity to have more visibility. Before seven years ago, we could barely get the news to talk about police violence, let alone police death.”

Opal Tometi

How the movement that’s changing America was built and where it goes next, By Jamil Smith, Rolling Stone, (16 June 2020)

People , Death