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ON RACISM ...
"Racism is something that is deeply rooted in our society, it's
deeply rooted in our history ... (racism) won't disappear quickly."
President Barack Obama, Black Entertainment Television
"People need to know that black lives and brown lives matter
as much as white lives."
Bill de Blasio, Mayor of New York City
"It's different for a white child. That's just the reality in this
country. And with Dante (de Blasio's son), very early on with
my son, we said, 'Look, if a police officer stops you, do everything
he tells you to do - don't move suddenly, don't reach for your
cellphone." Because we knew, sadly, there's a greater chance it
might be misinterpreted if it was a young man of color."
Bill de Blasio, ABC's This Week
"In my 68 years, most spent in Rhode Island, never has a black
person been invited to a home I lived in. Conversely, I've openly
once been invited into a black home. It was in high school after
a pick-up basketball game. The visit lasted 15 minutes. How is
this statistically possible? Am I an anomaly?"
Jim Raftus, Providence Journal, December 9, 2014
"It is not up to you to finish the work, yet you are not free to avoid it."
Pirke Avot 2:16
Any problem is more easily solved if we each take a share of the
responsibility. Together we can accomplish anything.
Rabbi Andrew Klein
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