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"If we don't have a concept of anti-racism, anti-sexism, and proactive inclusion, the default will be economic rights that are by design, management, and implementation, exclusionary."

"One of the things we should do is question systems. That means looking at the root of the system and determining whether it can be changed."

"I fail to see how any change-making can be sustainable without actually transforming the systems that undergird policies and institutions."

"To hope is the very first and most fundamental ingredient for any change to happen. So we have no choice but to be hopeful."

"People are working hard and working multiple jobs, and still can’t thrive. Policymakers and corporations have stacked the system against folks in this way. In the United States, 87 percent of occupations are considered racially segregated, and that’s after you control education.”

"Our hope is that a more racially just tax system will support labor instead of capital, reducing inequity and promoting pro-worker policies to ensure working families have stability and that we contribute to closing the racial wealth gap."

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