Quotes About Solidarity

I go hard for the ladies so we have some music to relate to.

Mandela was true to himself, to his people and his principles. He sacrificed everything because he was prepared to be true to his ideals. You can relate to him whether you come from Manchester or Soweto.

When you go out for the night with your buddies, it feels like you're in a band, and I think everybody can relate to that.

I've always felt I've related to women deeply because of being gay and feeling like there was always somebody trying to oppress me, to keep me down, to put me in my place.

Historically, people of color and the Diaspora have been at the bottom of the barrel, even as it relates to immigration. If we don't engage in the discussion, then what is it that we're saying to people? That we don't care?

I have worked hard to build relationships between Jewish people and black people.

You can have relatively high levels of class consciousness with a lower level of class militancy than one would have expected.

I think that we're more united than the media would care to admit. We're not as divided as the perception would relay - not in the United States, not anywhere, really, in the world.

It's almost as if people think that in Latin America we're not hip to what's happening here.

You have these megabrands who make most of their money off hip-hop culture. Where were they in the time of need?

Women have to write for each other; we have to hire each other.

Asian Americans are the same as African American, Hispanic Americans, anyone: we deserve to be respected, too.

Having someone from Washington, California, or Chicago come in as a verifier, it shows the Hispanic community that Hispanic leaders support me.

All the poor white people, all the poor black people, all the Hispanics, they're in the same boat. They've got no economic opportunities.

I sometimes think they should have said 'Black Lives Matter Too,' because that is really what is being said. The outcry is that historically and presently, the feeling is that black lives don't matter as much as white lives because we don't see the same type of things happening to them.

In hockey, you get to meet a lot of different people and become friends with them. It is definitely a special sport. I love that part of it.

I'm part of a community that holds each other up, and it's been great to be held up too.

There are no more holes in my management lineup.

It's always a great feeling to help Holland as well as Liverpool but we all do it together.

I think Pussy Riot is amazing. I'm honored that they were inspired by riot grrl, and obviously they're making history around the world.

I am proud to stand with working families and honored to have AFGE's support.

With me, I always try to give my all to my hood, put my hood on my skin, man. I love it.

The hood always got my back.

My love for the female hip hop movement has always been genuine.