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This is what happens when people who’ve never experienced real oppression claim victimhood. The Civil Rights Act didn’t hurt white people; it simply stopped guaranteeing them every advantage. Trump calling equality “reverse discrimination” is a dangerous distortion of history and an insult to everyone who fought and died for... show more

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On MSNOW’s #TheWeekend, I addressed one of the most blatant attempts yet to rewrite the history of the Civil Rights Movement. To suggest that ending segregation and expanding access to education, jobs, and opportunity somehow “hurt” white Americans is not only false, it is an insult to the truth and to the countless white Americans who stood for justice alongside us. The Civil Rights Movement was never about lowering standards. It was about ending exclusion. It was about making sure people with merit were no longer denied opportunity because of the color of their skin. Equal rights do not take anything away from anyone. They strengthen our democracy and affirm the dignity of us all. #MSNOW

On MSNOW’s #TheWeekend, I addressed one of the most blatant attempts yet to rewrite the history of the Civil Rights Movement. To suggest that ending segregation and expanding access to education, jobs, and opportunity somehow “hurt” white Americans is not only false, it is an insult to the truth and to the countless white Americans who stood for justice alongside us. The Civil Rights Movement was never about lowering standards. It was about ending exclusion. It was about making sure people with merit were no longer denied opportunity because of the color of their skin. Equal rights do not take anything away from anyone. They strengthen our democracy and affirm the dignity of us all. #MSNOW

Reverend Al Sharpton

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Zöe Franklin MP

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Bernice King: “The recent claim by President Trump that the 1964 Civil Rights Act harmed white Americans is just wrong and it’s dangerous. It re-writes history in a way that fuels fear and resentment. My father and so many leaders of the movement did not risk their lives to divide this nation. They did so because America was denying millions basic rights. The right to work, the right to vote, to live where they please, to move through society with dignity. The Civil Rights Act did not give black people special treatment. It made discrimination illegal. The same discrimination you’re trying to turn around and use.”

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386,105 views • 6 months ago

'When deportation is the next step they go on walkies! We keep hearing about the human rights of these people, but what about the rights of Britons who have no idea who is walking amongst them? What about those who say enough is enough - we're paying for this!' Martin Daubney 🇬🇧

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101,954 views • 5 months ago

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214,850 views • 3 years ago

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19,167 views • 6 months ago

Holder: You know, they have elections in Russia, and Putin gets 95, 93% of the vote. We’ll continue to have elections here in the US. The question is whether or not the elections that we have here will be meaningful ones—whether the people will actually get the opportunity to express their views on the policy direction of the nation. And so again, it’s all about power—whether it’s gerrymandering, weakening the Voting Rights Act to take power away from people who the people in power now think are not supportive of them. It’s all about the acquisition and the use of power. And that’s one thing that we on the progressive side, on the Democratic side, have got to get used to. It’s not a bad thing for us to say that we want to acquire and use power. Doesn’t mean we’re going to use it in the same way that Republicans and conservatives have—in the negative way that they have done it. But Roosevelt wasn’t afraid of acquiring and using power. Johnson wasn’t afraid of acquiring and using power. That’s what we have to be about. And so, fighting back the way in which Governor Newsom has, and folks in California, by putting together Prop 50, is exactly what we have to do. We’ve got to fight for this.

Holder: You know, they have elections in Russia, and Putin gets 95, 93% of the vote. We’ll continue to have elections here in the US. The question is whether or not the elections that we have here will be meaningful ones—whether the people will actually get the opportunity to express their views on the policy direction of the nation. And so again, it’s all about power—whether it’s gerrymandering, weakening the Voting Rights Act to take power away from people who the people in power now think are not supportive of them. It’s all about the acquisition and the use of power. And that’s one thing that we on the progressive side, on the Democratic side, have got to get used to. It’s not a bad thing for us to say that we want to acquire and use power. Doesn’t mean we’re going to use it in the same way that Republicans and conservatives have—in the negative way that they have done it. But Roosevelt wasn’t afraid of acquiring and using power. Johnson wasn’t afraid of acquiring and using power. That’s what we have to be about. And so, fighting back the way in which Governor Newsom has, and folks in California, by putting together Prop 50, is exactly what we have to do. We’ve got to fight for this.

Acyn

73,227 views • 9 months ago

It is not easy for them to come here. It is an act of courage. These young people are facing harassment, violence, and torture. I am very proud that they have the courage to speak about what they are feeling and what they have experienced. This is the kind of young generation this country needs. : LoP Shri Rahul Gandhi

It is not easy for them to come here. It is an act of courage. These young people are facing harassment, violence, and torture. I am very proud that they have the courage to speak about what they are feeling and what they have experienced. This is the kind of young generation this country needs. : LoP Shri Rahul Gandhi

Congress

32,608 views • 2 days ago

Speech in Oslo, Norway: I would like to send my message to the people in the back who are yelling “Intifada! Intifada!” Do you know that you are supporters of terrorism? Do you know that “intifada” means the bombing of innocent children and people? How dare you scream “Intifada” in Norway? A country based on equality, peace, and tolerance? This is not the 1930s anymore. The Jewish people have a state. They protect themselves — and they will continue to protect themselves. That is why they are angry. They don’t want the Jewish people to have self-determination, rights, peace, and love. They feed off fear, antisemitism, terrorism, and “intifada.” I come from Yemen, and the Houthis who are attacking Israel — their slogan starts with “Death to America.” Because this war is not about Israel. It’s about the destruction of Western civilization as we know it. The destruction of human rights, women’s rights, gay rights, and everything that the West has built and fought for, for centuries. How DARE you scream “intifada” in Norway? You are a shame. Not only to Oslo, but to the Middle East, and the human species as a whole. And finally, I’d like to say: AM YISRAEL CHAI.

Speech in Oslo, Norway: I would like to send my message to the people in the back who are yelling “Intifada! Intifada!” Do you know that you are supporters of terrorism? Do you know that “intifada” means the bombing of innocent children and people? How dare you scream “Intifada” in Norway? A country based on equality, peace, and tolerance? This is not the 1930s anymore. The Jewish people have a state. They protect themselves — and they will continue to protect themselves. That is why they are angry. They don’t want the Jewish people to have self-determination, rights, peace, and love. They feed off fear, antisemitism, terrorism, and “intifada.” I come from Yemen, and the Houthis who are attacking Israel — their slogan starts with “Death to America.” Because this war is not about Israel. It’s about the destruction of Western civilization as we know it. The destruction of human rights, women’s rights, gay rights, and everything that the West has built and fought for, for centuries. How DARE you scream “intifada” in Norway? You are a shame. Not only to Oslo, but to the Middle East, and the human species as a whole. And finally, I’d like to say: AM YISRAEL CHAI.

Luai Ahmed

235,158 views • 1 year ago

Bad wig and bad false teeth, still thinks he’s superior because he is white. Morning Joe spent a segment on how America isn’t a racist country, and that it is not normal to have a racist group chat. Not normal to say racist things. I implore white people to stop saying things you know nothing about. This country was built on racism. Race was constructed for the supremacy of white people. This country is racist. Non white people see it. We feel it and we hear it. It’s not a one-off. It’s not sometimes. It’s all the time. Black people don’t have the luxury of waking up and not thinking about the color of our skin and what fresh hell is coming our way or our kids' way. #DemsUnited

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LanaQuest aka RosaSparks

239,271 views • 9 months ago

Democracy is powered by the will of the people. It thrives when human rights & fundamental freedoms of all are upheld. On this #DemocracyDay, let's reaffirm democracy as a force for dignity, inclusion & peace – and work together to ensure it delivers for all.

Democracy is powered by the will of the people. It thrives when human rights & fundamental freedoms of all are upheld. On this #DemocracyDay, let's reaffirm democracy as a force for dignity, inclusion & peace – and work together to ensure it delivers for all.

António Guterres

99,026 views • 10 months ago