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In addition to Patrisse and Alicia, Opal is one of the founders of the Black Lives Matter (BLM) movement. She runs the Black Alliance for Just Immigration in New York and is also skilled with communications work. After Alicia included Opal in the initial BLM-related conversations she had with Patrisse in the wake of Trayvon Martin’s death, Opal built the digital portion of their campaign, including their website and social media accounts. Patrisse met Opal in person for the first time over a year later, when they both arrived in Ferguson to protest the police killing of Michael Brown. Like Patrisse, Opal has been called a “terrorist” for her organizing work.
Opal Tometi Quotes in When They Call You a Terrorist
The When They Call You a Terrorist quotes below are all either spoken by Opal Tometi or refer to Opal Tometi. For each quote, you can also see the other characters and themes related to it (each theme is indicated by its own dot and icon, like this one:
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Chapter 11
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And then my friend Alicia writes a Facebook post. Alicia, who I’d known for seven years at this point, who I’d met at a political gathering in Rhode Island where at the end of the day our goal was to dance until we couldn’t dance anymore […] she writes these words in the wake of the acquittal:
btw stop saying that we are not surprised. that’s a damn shame in itself. I continue to be surprised at how little Black lives matter. And I will continue that. stop giving up on black life. black people, I will NEVER give up on us. NEVER.
And then I respond. I wrote back with a hashtag:
#BlackLivesMatter
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Opal Tometi Quotes in When They Call You a Terrorist
The When They Call You a Terrorist quotes below are all either spoken by Opal Tometi or refer to Opal Tometi. For each quote, you can also see the other characters and themes related to it (each theme is indicated by its own dot and icon, like this one:
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Chapter 11
Quotes
And then my friend Alicia writes a Facebook post. Alicia, who I’d known for seven years at this point, who I’d met at a political gathering in Rhode Island where at the end of the day our goal was to dance until we couldn’t dance anymore […] she writes these words in the wake of the acquittal:
btw stop saying that we are not surprised. that’s a damn shame in itself. I continue to be surprised at how little Black lives matter. And I will continue that. stop giving up on black life. black people, I will NEVER give up on us. NEVER.
And then I respond. I wrote back with a hashtag:
#BlackLivesMatter
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