"This idea that voting is the full extent of our power is actually disempowering in my view, because what it tells people is that their only time, their only avenue for participating in politics is when they vote."
Brittany Ann Byuarm Newsome Bass is an American filmmaker, activist and speaker from Charlotte, North Carolina. She is best known for her act of civil disobedience on June 27, 2015, when she was arrested for removing the Confederate flag from the South Carolina state house grounds in the aftermath of the Charleston church shooting. The resulting publicity put pressure on state officials to remove
"I would really ask everyone, please ask yourself first, what is something that you really care about? What is something that is really resonating for you as an issue, as a concern in this moment. And then please look locally at who is addressing this issue? Where can you support? And ask yourself, “how can I support?”– whether it’s time, whether it is a donation, whether it is spreading awareness, whatever it is."
Bree Newsome"When can we stop being surprised that white supremacists are the most violent element in America and actually address/end the violence?"
Bree Newsome"The casual nature with which they replay the murder video at all hours of the day on tv says so much about the entire society"
Bree Newsome"you can’t possibly move people who don’t have a collective understanding. We can’t mobilize masses of people in a direction without having a clear sense of what we are mobilizing around."
Bree Newsome"I don’t think most people are well informed on the history of voting rights. I don’t think most people are well informed on the concept of democracy even. And that is all intentional. We have, in my view, experienced a generation of deliberate miseducation and historical revisionism around the civil rights movement specifically, around the history of voting rights, around what voting is"
Bree Newsome"Ppl seem to operate under the false assumption that the majority of Americans are on the side of equality & progress at any given time in history when its most often the opposite thats true. Thats why the true story of democracy & rights in the USA is one of prolonged struggle"
Bree Newsome