A new race-neutral language was developed for appealing to old racist sentiments, a language accompanied by a political movement that succeeded in… — Michelle Alexander Copy Share Image
“People allow India to exist only in two versions: In the first, everything is too beautiful to be encapsulated, women are swarthy… — Scaachi Koul Copy Share Image
“The general public typically traces the death of Jim Crow to Brown v. Board of Education, although the institution was showing signs… — Michelle Alexander Copy Share Image
“The Hindu caste system and its attendant laws of purity became deeply embedded in Indian culture. Long after the Indo-Aryan invasion was… — Yuval Noah Harari Copy Share Image
We looked on the hopheads, crooks and gunsels and on their bawdy ladies as members of a family among whom we were… — Ben Hecht Copy Share Image
The fact that more than half of the young black men in any large American city are currently under the control of… — Michelle Alexander Copy Share Image
The caste system, in all its various forms, is always based on identifiable physical characteristics - sex, color, age. — Roxanne Dunbar-Ortiz Copy Share Image
This caste system had grown by the practice of the son always following the business of the father. — Swami Vivekananda Copy Share Image
“If the movement that emerges to challenge mass incarceration fails to confront squarely the critical role of race in the basic structure… — Michelle Alexander Copy Share Image
“The notion that racial caste systems are necessarily predicated on a desire to harm other racial groups, and that racial hostility is… — Michelle Alexander Copy Share Image
The caste systems of sex and race are interdependent and can only be uprooted together. — Gloria Steinem Copy Share Image
“The fact that some African Americans have experienced great success in recent years does not mean that something akin to a racial… — Michelle Alexander Copy Share Image
Anyway, what is a country? When people say, "Tell me about India," I say, "Which India?.... The land of poetry and mad… — Arundhati Roy Copy Share Image
“It did not cross the minds of most Hindus that barring exceptions, they were responsible for Catholicism in India. The outcastes of… — Kiran Nagarkar Copy Share Image
The caste system may be more highly developed in countries like India or England, but every tier of society in almost every… — Marlon Brando Copy Share Image
“In the radical feminist view, the new feminism is not just the revival of a serious political movement for social equality. It… — Shulamith Firestone Copy Share Image
“History reveals that the seeds of the new system of control were planted well before the end of the Civil Rights Movement.… — Michelle Alexander Copy Share Image
Many characters in the novel are representative of types that exist in India. He represents the caste system in India with an… — Anita Desai Copy Share Image
“Fate determines your caste. You must accept it and live according to the rules." You can't really believe that!" I do believe… — Libba Bray Copy Share Image
“battles lost not alone because of superior numbers and failing ammunition and stores, but because of generals who should not have been… — William Faulkner Copy Share Image
“No caste system or aristocracy has survived the centuries with its power intact. Humanity kneels poorly as a whole.” — Glynn Stewart Copy Share Image
My experience and research has led me to the regrettable conclusion that our system of mass incarceration functions more like a caste… — Michelle Alexander Copy Share Image
“Throughout history, he adds, the dominant castes that were ‘most successful in their attempt at conquering power managed to be recognized as… — Namit Arora Copy Share Image
I cannot believe there is caste system in society; I cannot believe people are judged on the basis of their prosperity. — Saina Nehwal Copy Share Image
Hollywood is like a really sad, grown up version of high school where people get labeled as 'cool,' 'not cool,' 'jock,' 'bombshell,'… — Zoe Kravitz Copy Share Image
