- Often we see problems as personal issues that need to be solved by individuals. But viewing them this way also takes attention away from the systemic issues that are present in society. --- Personal problems are political problems. There are no personal solutions at this time. There is only collective action for a collective solution. - Anand Giridaradhas in [[Winner Takes All]] Americans have long been trained to see the deficiencies of people rather than policy. It’s a pretty easy mistake to make: People are in our faces. Policies are distant. We are particularly poor at seeing the policies lurking behind the struggles of people. And so my parents turned away from the problems of policy to look at the problems of people—and reverted to striving to save and civilize Black people rather than liberate them. - Ibrahim X Kendi in [[How to be Antiracist]]