Top 6 Quotes & Sayings by Ras Baraka

Explore popular quotes and sayings by an American politician Ras Baraka.

Last updated on October 6, 2024.

Ras Jua Baraka is an American educator, author, and politician who is the 40th and current Mayor of Newark, New Jersey. He was previously a member of the Municipal Council of Newark and the principal of the city's Central High School until he took an indefinite leave of absence to run for the 2014 Newark mayoral election, which he won on May 13, 2014. Baraka was sworn in as the city's 40th mayor at ceremonies at the New Jersey Performing Arts Center on July 1, 2014, for a four-year term. He won re-election twice in 2018 and 2022.

American - Politician | Born: April 9, 1970

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African-Americans are being disproportionately affected by, you know, the kind of misuse and abuse of power.

Ras Baraka

African-Americans want to be safe in their community, like any other nationality that lives in America. They don't want to be robbed. They don't want to be beat. They don't want to be shot down in their neighborhoods, whether it's by police officers or people who live there.

Ras Baraka

We live in a new time and a new place, and people have to begin to be ready for the kind of oversight that the public is demanding.

Ras Baraka

When I become mayor, we all become mayor.

Ras Baraka

People say all lives matter. And that's true, but it's just black people that are getting shot in the back running or choked to death for having cigarettes or playing their music too loud.

Ras Baraka

I think that, ultimately, the only thing that affects race relations is fair treatment.

Ras Baraka

Top 6 Quotes & Sayings by Ras Baraka

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