18 Times Marc Lamont Hill Spoke the Truth
Yes, he said it.
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“Prison is the only form of public housing that the government has truly invested in over the past five decades.” - (Photo: Doug Berry/Getty Images)
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“We live in a world where Black humanity is a relatively new idea.” - (Photo: Scott Barbour/Getty Images)
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“When they say accountability, they mean surveillance and standardization.” - (Photo: Mark Makela/Getty Images)
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“Throughout history there have been Black people who have played mammies, all sorts of offensive images, who didn’t mind doing it.” - (Photo: Dale Robinette/DreamWorks II)
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“The hoodies themselves aren’t criminal. White people wear hoodies all the time!” - (Photo: JPM/Getty Images)
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“In my mind, I had a different destiny for my life.” - (Photo: Rob Kim/Getty Images)
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“I think we need a revolution. You don’t get a revolution if people are comfortable.” - (Photo: Scott Barbour/Getty Images)
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“I want a radical choice because we need a radical change in this country.” - (Photo: Andrew Burton/Getty Images)
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“Instead of saying, ‘The system is broke let’s fix it,’ we should be saying, ‘the system is working, let’s break it.’ ” - (Photo: Andrew Burton/Getty Images)
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On Mike Brown's death: "It was a 20th century lynching.” - (Photo: Mike Brown Jr via Facebook)
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“The death of Michael Brown wasn’t just about Darren Wilson killing him, it was about a set of systems that rendered him disposable.” - (Photo: Scott Olson/Getty Images)
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“No white neighborhood would have lead in the water for a year. It just wouldn’t happen.” - (Photo: Jake May/The Flint Journal-MLive.com via AP)
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“We find nostalgia and romance in trauma…We kind of become nostalgic about our pain, but there’s a certain dysfunction to that.” - (Photo: Joe Raedle/Getty Images)
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“We ignore the everyday trauma that comes from growing up in the 'hood…this is all what it means to be nobody.” - (Photo: Terraxplorer/Getty Images)
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“We have to be able to build a world that doesn’t even exist yet. That’s a different imagination and that’s why the Democrats and the Republicans can’t get us there. We need to go way beyond what they’re offering.” - (Photo: Jeff Swensen/Getty Images)
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