“This book argues that mass incarceration is, metaphorically, the New Jim Crow and that all those who care about social justice should… — Michelle Alexander Copy Share Image
“I have never been this white anywhere in the world. I've never had the most obvious, most useful kind of privilege as… — Scaachi Koul Copy Share Image
“The Navy’s caste system has the reputation of being about as rigid as any in the world. The first thing most Navy… — Richard Marcinko Copy Share Image
“The genius of the current caste system, and what most distinguishes it from its predecessors, is that it appears voluntary. People choose… — Michelle Alexander 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
The way in which these two practices contain each other is that it has always been possible to use the one against… — Immanuel Wallerstein 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
“If we were all blinded to the larger implications of the events that were sweeping upon us it was not entirely due… — Kathrine Kressmann Taylor Copy Share Image
We cannot choose freedom established on a hierarchy of degrees of freedom, on a caste system of equality like military rank. We… — William Faulkner Copy Share Image
“It is not possible to write a relatively short book that explores all aspects of the phenomenon of mass incarceration and its… — Michelle Alexander Copy Share Image
As for the system of the Commune, which makes it impossible for a man to rise or fall, it is merely the… — William Winwood Reade Copy Share Image
Because of the men in charge of this system, they've created this caste system for women that gives some of the women… — Samira Wiley Copy Share Image
When we pull back the curtain and take a look at what our 'colorblind' society creates without affirmative action, we see a… — Michelle Alexander Copy Share Image
“Ants have a powerful caste system. A colony typically contains ants that carry out radically different roles and have markedly different body… — Siddhartha Mukherjee Copy Share Image
“Initially the caste system was simply a reflection of the occupation one held but over time it seems to have transformed into… — Adam Brown Copy Share Image
“This book argues that mass incarceration is, metaphorically, the New Jim Crow and that all those who care about social justice should… — Michelle Alexander Copy Share Image
If everyone simply ignores the caste system, it will go away overnight. — Sanjay Gandhi Copy Share Image
“A chronic fear of being slighted made him avoid his equals, made him stand, where his inferiors were concerned, self-consciously on his… — Aldous Huxley Copy Share Image
“The language of caste may well seem foreign or unfamiliar to some. Public discussions about racial caste in America are relatively rare.… — Michelle Alexander Copy Share Image
“of the nearly 7.3 million people currently under correctional control, only 1.6 million are in prison.27 This caste system extends far beyond… — Michelle Alexander Copy Share Image
“When you were talking about the caste system, I was thinking about how Mexicans still have to come to terms with this… — Amalia Mesa-Bains Copy Share Image
“It is fair to say that we have witnessed an evolution in the United States from a racial caste system based entirely… — Michelle Alexander Copy Share Image
“Our past is not sacred for being past, and there is much that is behind us that we are struggling to keep… — Sam Harris Copy Share Image
An artist has to be humble, an editor must be officious, and a publisher must be somewhere out in the galaxy enjoying… — Jack Kirby Copy Share Image
In practice, intersectionality functions as kind of caste system, in which people are judged according to how much their particular caste has… — Bari Weiss Copy Share Image
