Class - or the economic status of individuals - is evident in all societies, some very well stratified by a rigid caste… — F. Sionil Jose Copy Share Image
The mass incarceration of poor people of color, particularly black men, has emerged as a new caste system, one specifically designed to… — Michelle Alexander Copy Share Image
Many immigrants do not talk about what they endured back home. They were fleeing that world, and when they left they didn't… — Isabel Wilkerson Copy Share Image
“A new civil rights movement cannot be organized around the relics of the earlier system of control if it is to address… — Michelle Alexander Copy Share Image
“The impact of the new caste system is most tragically felt among the young. In Chicago (as in other cities across the… — Michelle Alexander Copy Share Image
“there is no inconsistency whatsoever between the election of Barack Obama to the highest office in the land and the existence of… — Michelle Alexander Copy Share Image
“B.R. Ambedkar believed the tale was not so much about Ram’s character as it was about the unsustainability of the caste system… — Devdutt Pattanaik Copy Share Image
Arguably the most important parallel between mass incarceration and Jim Crow is that both have served to define the meaning and significance… — Michelle Alexander Copy Share Image
“While the Reconstruction Era was fraught with corruption and arguably doomed by the lack of land reform, the sweeping economic and political… — Michelle Alexander Copy Share Image
“Two men went up into the temple to pray; the one a Pharisee, and the other a publican. The Pharisee stood and… — Mark Cahill Copy Share Image
Comics have a caste system - an editor has to act in a certain way, an artist has to be humble. — Jack Kirby Copy Share Image
“The origin of the caste system, formulated by the great legislator Manu, was admirable. He saw clearly that men are distinguished by… — Paramahansa Yogananda Copy Share Image
Because of the caste system, because of the fact that there is no social link between those who make the decisions and… — Arundhati Roy Copy Share Image
“You do not win by struggling to the top of a caste system, you win by refusing to be trapped within one… — Naomi Wolf Copy Share Image
There are caste systems in American cities: Many are marginalized to the edges of urban centers due to real estate costs; price… — Alissa Quart Copy Share Image
“My method is atheism. I find the atheistic outlook provides a favourable background for cosmopolitan practices. Acceptance of atheism at once pulls… — Gora Copy Share Image
“Does rough weather choose men over women? Does the sun beat on men, leaving women nice and cool?' Nyawira asked rather sharply.… — Ngũgĩ wa Thiong’o Copy Share Image
To say 'radical feminist' is only a way of indicating that I believe the sexual caste system is a root of race… — Gloria Steinem Copy Share Image
“We have created a new caste system that forces thousands of people into homelessness, bans them from living with their families and… — Bryan Stevenson Copy Share Image
“There was indeed a caste system in Maycomb, but to my mind it worked this way: the older citizens, the present generation… — Harper Lee To Kill A Mockingbird Copy Share Image
“To identify and isolate his perceived political enemies, Kim Il Sung created a neofeudal, blood-based pecking order in 1957. The government classified… — Blaine Harden Copy Share Image
Bail out the bankers and bankrupt the school teachers - we will still teachI will never follow the lead of those who… — John Kuhn Copy Share Image
“No task is more urgent for racial justice advocates today than ensuring that America’s current racial caste system is its last.” — Michelle Alexander Copy Share Image
