If you carry a gun, people will call you paranoid. That's ridiculous. If I have a gun, what in the hell do… — Clint Smith Gun Copy Share Image
School desegregation is associated with higher graduation rates, greater employability, higher earnings, and decreased rates of incarceration. — Clint Smith Desegregation Copy Share Image
One does not read a poem by Gwendolyn Brooks with hopes that it will grant him a career in engineering; he does… — Clint Smith Career Copy Share Image
Sometimes a poem should just be about a girl jumping rope. It doesn't have to be something that is imbued with more… — Clint Smith Despair Copy Share Image
Preparing oneself for the possibility of confronting racism triggers something that slowly chips away at physical and emotional well-being. — Clint Smith Copy Share Image
The death penalty not only takes away the life of the person strapped to the table - it takes away a little… — Clint Smith Death Copy Share Image
In my home, guns were not something to be earned or celebrated. Water guns and Nerf guns were not allowed outside. B.B.… — Clint Smith Amendment Copy Share Image
Do those serving life sentences deserve access to educational opportunities never having a future beyond bars? The answer is yes and necessitates… — Clint Smith Access to education Copy Share Image
“The history of slavery is the history of the United States. It was not peripheral to our founding; it was central to… — Clint Smith African americans Copy Share Image
My childhood closet was ornamented with U.S. jerseys of World Cups spanning the nineties and two-thousands - some of my favorite memories… — Clint Smith Copy Share Image
In an effort to create a culture within my classroom where students feel safe sharing the intimacies of their own silences, I… — Clint Smith Beginning Copy Share Image
The moral abhorrence of private prisons has been brought to our attention by courageous acts of investigative journalism, illuminating scholarship, and the… — Clint Smith Attention Copy Share Image
Photography, sculpture, and painting were wielded as cultural weapons over the course of generations to substantiate the idea that black people were… — Clint Smith Black people Copy Share Image
Young people are constantly absorbing - through media, textbooks, and policy - the myths of American exceptionalism; for black children, this means… — Clint Smith Copy Share Image
We inculcate young people with the message that if they don't succeed, it is merely of their own doing. They should have… — Clint Smith Copy Share Image
The presidents and the founding fathers and all of the people we sort of raise up as false idols, we don't wrestle… — Clint Smith Copy Share Image
Living under the perpetual and pervasive threat of racism seems, for black men and black women, to quite literally reduce lifespans. — Clint Smith Copy Share Image
The handgun would not be my choice of weapon if I knew I was going to a fight. ...I'd choose a rifle,… — Clint Smith Atomic bomb Copy Share Image
'A Talk to Teachers' is emblematic of Baldwin's proclivity for candor over political appeasement and, like much of his work, focusses on… — Clint Smith Copy Share Image
“poor ain’t poor unless you name it so & kids prefer playing to counting so there was never much time to wallow… — Clint Smith Laughter Copy Share Image
You can say 'stop' or 'alto' or use any other word you think will work but I've found that a large bore… — Clint Smith Copy Share Image
In many ways, the very notion of school choice operates under a false pretense - an assumption that every child has the… — Clint Smith Choice Copy Share Image
The benefits of prison education go beyond lowering recidivism rates and increasing post-release employment. It can also rekindle a sense of purpose… — Clint Smith Confidence Copy Share Image
There is a solidarity that black people can find in celebrating the athletic success of our own, especially in sports where our… — Clint Smith Black people Copy Share Image
My poetry is me trying to reconcile my own life and opportunities I've had with opportunities my students aren't given and how… — Clint Smith Life Copy Share Image
While violence is part of what it means to be part of the black diaspora in the United States, that is not… — Clint Smith Copy Share Image
I kind of follow in the tradition of some folks - some thinkers and scholars I really look up - who reject… — Clint Smith Compartmentalization Copy Share Image
If you're not shootin', you should be loadin'. If you're not loadin, you should be movin', if you're not movin', someone's gonna… — Clint Smith Copy Share Image
I want to live in a world where my son will not be presumed guilty the moment he is born, where a… — Clint Smith Copy Share Image
The power of literature does not lie in resonance with the particular but the way that the particular speaks to a broader,… — Clint Smith Books Copy Share Image
One of the most significant factors contributing to the chasm of educational opportunity is the way that schools are funded. — Clint Smith Education Copy Share Image
“We are charred vessels vestiges of wood & wonder anchors tethered to our bows. It is the irony of a ship burning… — Clint Smith Copy Share Image
The social science on the impact of desegregation is clear. Researchers have consistently found that students in integrated schools - irrespective of… — Clint Smith Desegregation Copy Share Image
While the most disadvantaged students - most often poor students of color - receive the most considerable academic benefits from attending diverse… — Clint Smith Education Copy Share Image
The beauty of the World Cup is that while thirty-two countries get to cheer for their respective teams, the event also affirms… — Clint Smith Beauty Copy Share Image
We tend to think of racism as this interpersonal verbal or physical abuse, when in truth, that is only one way that… — Clint Smith Abuse Copy Share Image
