Look, I get it. Whether it's school, work, family, we've all got a lot on our minds. People say to me, "I'm just too busy to think about politics." But here's the thing: You may not be thinking about politics, but politics is thinking about you.
Kerry WashingtonI always prided myself on the fact that I could live out of milk crates forever. It was kind of my way of detaching from materialism.
Kerry WashingtonWe donโt come out of the womb filled with prejudice, racism, and homophobia. Kids are taught to hate, so we have to protect our young peopleโs minds from those evils.
Kerry WashingtonMy deepest desire is to create a world where there's room for all of us, where no matter who you are, you get to wake up in the morning and know that you are worthwhile and deserving. If that's the world I want to live in, I have to do the work to make that true for me.
Kerry WashingtonWe as women put ourselves in this situation of feeling like we canโt take a risk, like in order to step out there we have to be perfect, because weโre scared that if we donโt say the right thing, or do the right thing, that weโll reflect poorly on ourselves and our community, whether that community be women, people of color, both.
Kerry Washington