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
“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
That's one of the biggest losses, I think, to African American families, is that people, once they left, they turned away from… — Isabel Wilkerson 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
“We have created a caste system in this country, with African Americans kept exploited and geographically separate by racially explicit government policies.… — Richard Rothstein 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
“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
“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
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
“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
“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
“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
“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
“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
“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
“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
“What this book intended to do - the only thing it is intended to do - is to stimulate a much-needed conversation… — 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
“History seemed to repeat itself. Just as the white elite had successfully driven a wedge between poor whites and blacks following Bacon's… — Michelle Alexander 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
