If we continue to tell ourselves the popular myths about racial progress or, worse yet, if we say to ourselves that the problem of mass incarceration is just too big, too daunting for us to do anything about and that we should instead direct our energies to battles that might be more easily won, history will judge us harshly. A human rights nightmare is occurring on our watch.
If we want to do more than just end mass incarceration—if we want to put an end to the history of racial caste in America—we must lay down our racial… - Michelle Alexander
If we want to do more than just end mass incarceration—if we want to put an end to the history of racial caste in America—we must lay down our racial…
- Michelle Alexander
We must build a movement for education, not incarceration. A movement for jobs, not jails. A movement that will end all forms of discrimination again… - Michelle Alexander
We must build a movement for education, not incarceration. A movement for jobs, not jails. A movement that will end all forms of discrimination again…
Middle-class white children, children of privilege, are afforded the opportunity to make a lot of mistakes and still go on to college, still dream bi… - Michelle Alexander
Middle-class white children, children of privilege, are afforded the opportunity to make a lot of mistakes and still go on to college, still dream bi…
We have avoided in recent years talking openly and honestly about race out of fear that it will alienate and polarize. In my own view, it’s our refus… - Michelle Alexander
We have avoided in recent years talking openly and honestly about race out of fear that it will alienate and polarize. In my own view, it’s our refus…
Arguably the most important parallel between mass incarceration and Jim Crow is that both have served to define the meaning and significance of race … - Michelle Alexander
Arguably the most important parallel between mass incarceration and Jim Crow is that both have served to define the meaning and significance of race …
There are more African Americans under correctional control, in prison or jail, on probation or parole, than were enslaved in 1850 a decade before th… - Michelle Alexander
There are more African Americans under correctional control, in prison or jail, on probation or parole, than were enslaved in 1850 a decade before th…
The United States imprisons a larger percentage of its black population than South Africa did at the height of apartheid. In Washington, D.C., our na… - Michelle Alexander
The United States imprisons a larger percentage of its black population than South Africa did at the height of apartheid. In Washington, D.C., our na…
The nature of the criminal justice system has changed. It is no longer primarily concerned with the prevention and punishment of crime, but rather wi… - Michelle Alexander
The nature of the criminal justice system has changed. It is no longer primarily concerned with the prevention and punishment of crime, but rather wi…
Many offenders are tracked for prison at early ages, labeled as criminals in their teen years, and then shuttled from their decrepit, underfunded inn… - Michelle Alexander
Many offenders are tracked for prison at early ages, labeled as criminals in their teen years, and then shuttled from their decrepit, underfunded inn…
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