When you have the national narrative being "crack is awful and black people are using it," why go against that narrative when… — Carl Hart Copy Share Image
I'm the only tenured black faculty in the sciences at Columbia, in the middle of Harlem. — Carl Hart Copy Share Image
It turns out that the term 'diversity' can be anything from black faculty to military veterans. Well, I am both, but have… — Carl Hart Copy Share Image
Take crack cocaine. Particularly in the early days of the policy, ninety percent of the people being arrested were black, even though… — Carl Hart Copy Share Image
In the mainstream, I'm suspect because I'm black. I have dreadlocks, I have a goatee. I mean, I'm just suspect. In my… — Carl Hart Copy Share Image
I did most of my Ph.D. in Washington. They used to bring black kids through the lab for tours, and I was… — Carl Hart Copy Share Image
If politicians did care about their constituents, they would work harder to seek out people like me. They don't. — Carl Hart Copy Share Image
“If Barack Obama had come up in a time when the drug war was being waged as intensely as it is now, we probably… — Carl Hart Copy Share Image
All of my childhood, we were on welfare. My mom received Aid for Families with Dependent Children - welfare. Without that, we wouldn't have… — Carl Hart Copy Share Image
Perhaps, for once, we should try interventions that are informed by science and proven to work. — Carl Hart Copy Share Image
When you go to jail, you are under the supervision of the state. You are housed with people who are criminals, so that becomes… — Carl Hart Copy Share Image
One of the things we know about people is that people are not very courageous in general. — Carl Hart Copy Share Image
The notion that scientists are dispassionate - first of all, that's wrong. Scientists are extremely passionate. — Carl Hart Copy Share Image
“Indeed, a great deal of pathological drug use is driven by unmet social needs, by being alienated and having difficulty connecting with others. The” — Carl Hart Copy Share Image
I don't want to be on the bandwagon of dogging any president or anybody in positions where they have all these different constituencies. — Carl Hart Copy Share Image
Dopamine makes up less than one percent of the brain's neurotransmitters. It's a small portion. Dopamine is released when people are happy, angry, stressed.… — Carl Hart Copy Share Image
Your decision to place your law enforcement resources in these communities is racism, but nobody has called people out on this. The law itself… — Carl Hart Copy Share Image
