For the U.S., a nation that boasts of being the land of the free, it does not live up to its ideal. Opal Tometi Read Quote
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 Read Quote
I am the executive director of the Black Alliance for Just Immigration, which is the country’s only national immigrant rights organization for black immigrants and African Americans. Being the daughter of Nigerian immigrants really drove me to do this type of work. Opal Tometi Read Quote
I often think of Audre Lorde and her saying that we don’t live and we don’t fight for one specific struggle. Opal Tometi Read Quote
I think the two-party system isn’t working for us. And it hasn’t worked for us for generations – let’s be very, very honest about that. Opal Tometi Read Quote
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 Read Quote
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 Read Quote
My parents being from Nigeria deeply informs all my social justice and human rights work. Opal Tometi Read Quote
