We as individuals cannot fix everything that is wrong on our planet, but we have more power than we know.
Isabel Wilkerson
Where these words come from
- 95% sureThese words were traced back to where they first appeared. That source is listed below.
- Grinnell College commencement address, 2025; Full Wilkerson speech section read within university ceremony transcript; other ceremony sections not all read. Complete own sentence; not embedded Richard Wright quotation. No independent audio check. Whole source: 20 words.
- Grinnell College commencement address, 2025
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