I believe it is possible to bring an end to mass incarceration and birth a new moral consensus about how we ought to be responding to poor folks of color and a consensus in support of basic human rights for all. But it is going to take some work.
Sadly, whites are rarely open to what black and brown folks have to say regarding their ongoing experiences with racist mistreatment. And we are especially reluctant to discuss what that mistreatment means for us as whites: namely that we end up with more and better opportunities as the flipside of discrimination.
I speak from a black woman’s perspective, and that’s a specific perspective, but sometimes there are things I want to be understood by folks who may not have an entryway into that concept, so I have to think about how I can open the space to bring those people in. And that does require balance.
Celebrities and ‘famous’ people are just regular folks. I know, it’s a shocking and potentially dangerous statement.
There’s several ways of saying what’s on your mind. And in states and counties where it ain’t too healthy to talk too loud, speak your mind, or even vote like you want to, folks have found other ways of getting the word around. One of the mainest ways is by singing.
The documents I have declassified reveal that there are folks in the Biden – or, the Obama-Biden administration, senior national security folks that were aware of the fact that there was no collusion between Russia and the Trump campaign – no intelligence that supported that.
We want to let people know that we can build solidarity with suffering folks so that they are not excluded, they are integrated.
Trans folks are going to rise up for their moments and their money!
I think the folks who go after grand challenges are impatient.
I think there are certain folks in Missouri that don’t trust government. And they haven’t trusted government for a long time.
I actually really love the taste of a very sugary coffee; I’m one of those folks who is like, ‘I would like a little coffee with my creamer.’
No one drives in Manhattan – in fact, many of the folks who live in Manhattan don’t even have driving licenses!
My folks would have parties and all I wanted was to be the entertainment.
When you win a Grammy… you’re thinking about you winning. It is amazing. Your peers and folks in the record business are saying, ‘This is what we think of you.’ And that’s why the Grammy will always be, to me, the ultimate in what you get as far as a music trophy, because it is the one.
They criticize me for harping on the obvious; if all the folks in the United States would do the few simple things they know they ought to do, most of our big problems would take care of themselves.
Some folks rail against other folks, because other folks have what some folks would be glad of.
I almost hate to say how proud I am of my career and, most of all, helping folks get the returns they deserve.
Before I started MakerBot, I was creating cool stuff and sharing it with the Internet. That’s how I knew all the folks at BoingBoing, at Engadget and Gizmodo.
We need to create technologies – and a culture of respect, and an updated legal doctrine, too – that allow creative folks to make money from their own efforts.
I think it is necessary to educate folks on trans issues and to make them aware of trans identities and normalise it, because it is normal. But when you’re shielded from something, and it’s actively censored, it takes a negative connotation.
Eviction affects old folks and young folks, sick people and able-bodied people, white communities and African-American communities.
You have to let folks know that it’s not OK… to live on a sidewalk in front of somebody’s house or in front of somebody’s business if we have provided a safe, clean, sanitary place for you to go.
I was pretty young when my folks were playing those kinds of records, ’70s rock and psychedelic stuff. So I just remember those songs being synonymous with my childhood, and I was always trying to imitate them on piano.
When our folks focus on exactly what is needed to succeed in the restaurants, they should be able to lead themselves to restaurateur level.
When you come from desperate poverty, and that’s exactly what I come from, you know that nonsenses are not to be tolerated. I’m not sure who gains from chaos, but I know it’s not the poor folks in the council flats. The politics of vindictiveness is never, ever anything like a solution.
For the love of God, folks, don’t try this at home.
We hand folks over to God’s mercy, and show none ourselves.
My mom and dad passed away from cancer. Within nine months, I lost both of my folks. Immediately after that, I had a horrible betrayal where my brother, who worked for me, stole a lot of my money. He’s in jail now.
We need to give folks an opportunity, not a hand out.
We don’t woo our wives with clubs. We don’t leave old folks on ice floes. And maybe the time has come to quit diving into rip tides to save people we don’t know. We’ve outgrown a lot of survival-of-the-fittest strategies, and risking our lives for strangers might be one of them.
Folks are astounded that ‘judge’ isn’t a synonym for ‘humorless Luddite.’
I’m not one who wants to micromanage the Capitol Police whatsoever. However, if they see or feel that there are some greater opportunities to provide the same, if not better, safety and security for folks, I think Capitol Police should explore all those options – but not just focus that from a cost perspective.
I’m not a ‘messiah’ coming to change Washington. I don’t come with a political background, so I think it’s part of my responsibility to raise my hand and say ‘Why?’ Folks don’t just want smaller government; they want an efficient small government.
Our greatness has always come from people who expect nothing and take nothing for granted – folks who work hard for what they have, then reach back and help others after them.
We all prosper when folks are more appraised of how great those matches were and how great those talents were from all of the guys who populated the NWA in the ’80s.
Remember folks stop lights timed for 35 mph are also timed for 70 mph.
White folks, no matter how well-meaning or open-minded, have no true idea what it’s like to be black in America. That’s not a slam against white people or an accusation of latent bigotry. But the fact is that we all live in an Anglo-dominated society.
We say there are people who have worked in campaigns who say that they have lost some – and we call those folks operatives, managers, strategists, consultants; and then there are people who work in campaigns and say that they have never lost, and we call them liars.
Whether it’s veterans’ disability claims, infrastructure projects, dam safety, or helping our farmers, what I am focused on is being useful for folks in the Hudson Valley.
Folks are really tired of this rabid division between Republicans and Democrats. Folks want people to come together and solve the problems and the challenges of America.
From what I can tell, pollsters are generally fairly stick-to-the-facts folks. They deal in facts and statistics.
I love the idea of the street vibe, having folks together, out in the street at midnight.
Skyjackers had a pretty abysmal success rate – once you commandeered a plane in American airspace, your odds of a happy ending were slim. After the epidemic ended in 1973, what folks tended to remember most about the skyjackers was their futility.
I tell you, I would never sit in judgment of anyone as long as they’re good folks. I would never judge their life, because it’s important to know their feelings.
I have a wig for when I go outside among the regular folks, so they don’t feel uncomfortable because I have a Day-Glo color somewhere in my hair.
Our fighters would be nowhere if they didn’t have the support coming from folks like those that served with me.
We certainly would not be here, living and working on the International Space Station without the commitment and dedication of all the folks who worked the Mercury, Gemini, and Apollo Programs as well as the Russian Space Program.
Folks, I’ve been straight for seventeen days… Not all in a row.
When millions of Americans are tightening their belts, folks have the right to expect their elected officials to do the same.
But in my life, the vast majority of people that have really afforded me the opportunity to succeed were white folks.
I go to eat dinner with my folks when I’m home. I think that’s the trick.
Everyone must turn to Infowars as a standard to be saved. Tell folks, ‘Hey, it’s the most censored thing in the world for a reason. Jones is dialed in. Jones knows what’s going on.’
I never thought I’d see the day that I would see white folks as frightened, or more so, than black folks was during the civil rights movement when we was in Mississippi.
We let folks know we’re interested in them and that they’re vital to us. cause they are.
I can show these folks I can do more than just the ‘trap.’ But what I realized is the trap is what they really recognize me for – that’s what they want to hear.
I was representing our chemical company clients, and I would routinely talk with or meet with the DuPont attorneys, would be there representing DuPont at these same cleanup sites. So I knew those folks.
