--- title: "16 Criminalization Quotes by 14 authors" description: "Browse 16 Criminalization quotes by 14 authors. Discover the best Criminalization sayings and thoughts." image: "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/78e/tom-delay-12354_conservative_we-are-witnessing-the-criminalization-of_2062105.jpg" --- > [We are witnessing the criminalization of conservative politics.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/tom-delay/we-are-witnessing-the-criminalization-of-conservative-politics/) [Tom DeLay](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/tom-delay/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/78e/tom-delay-12354_conservative_we-are-witnessing-the-criminalization-of_2062105.jpg) > [The mass criminalization of white men would disturb us to the core.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/michelle-alexander/the-mass-criminalization-of-white-men-would-disturb-us-to-the-core/) [Michelle Alexander](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/michelle-alexander/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/ba8/michelle-alexander-750_core_the-mass-criminalization-of-white-men-wo_380295.png) > [The phenomenon of HIV criminalization is so much more massive than people understand.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/sean-strub/the-phenomenon-of-hiv-criminalization-is-so-much-more-massive-than/) [Sean Strub](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/sean-strub/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/e53/sean-strub-52368_aids_the-phenomenon-of-hiv-criminalization-is_362346.jpg) > [The criminalization of Black life was something specific to the United States in the post-Reconstruction period and there's something like it happening…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/noam-chomsky/the-criminalization-of-black-life-was-something-specific-to-the/) [Noam Chomsky](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/noam-chomsky/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/cba/noam-chomsky-42_black_the-criminalization-of-black-life-was-so_1147794.jpg) > [“Criminalization is a human rights issue because it disregards the fundamental principles of self-determination, bodily integrity, and sexual freedom.14”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/melinda-chateauvert/criminalization-is-a-human-rights-issue-because-it-disregards-the/) [Melinda Chateauvert](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/melinda-chateauvert/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/d25/melinda-chateauvert-94546_human-rights_criminalization-is-a-human-rights-issue_124290.jpg) > [The idea that we criminalize fellow human beings based on optics, based on the need to progress in politics and gain power,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ava-duvernay/the-idea-that-we-criminalize-fellow-human-beings-based-on-optics/) [Ava DuVernay](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ava-duvernay/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/24a/ava-duvernay-4018_economic_the-idea-that-we-criminalize-fellow-huma_1784781.jpg) > [I'm a recovering drug addict, so it's not a subject that I take lightly, but I do agree that the criminalization of…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/russell-brand/i-m-a-recovering-drug-addict-so-it-s-not-a-subject-that-i-take/) [Russell Brand](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/russell-brand/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/82d/russell-brand-1242_addict_i-m-a-recovering-drug-addict-so-it-s-not_1159591.png) > [Any increase in surveillance of marginalized communities for the sake of security theater have expanded the cycle of criminalization that queer people…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/chelsea-manning/any-increase-in-surveillance-of-marginalized-communities-for-the-sake/) [Chelsea Manning](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/chelsea-manning/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/e57/chelsea-manning-3116_color_any-increase-in-surveillance-of-marginal_2395419.jpg) > [Wherever black people are in America, criminalization exists. Wherever there is a white-dominant space, deep racism exists as well - no matter…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/patrisse-cullors/wherever-black-people-are-in-america-criminalization-exists-wherever/) [Patrisse Cullors](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/patrisse-cullors/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/924/patrisse-cullors-5946_america_wherever-black-people-are-in-america-cri_440466.jpg) > [Under the notion that unregulated market-driven values and relations should shape every domain of human life, the business model of governance has…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/henry-giroux/under-the-notion-that-unregulated-market-driven-values-and-relations/) [Henry Giroux](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/henry-giroux/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/831/henry-giroux-945_business_under-the-notion-that-unregulated-market_2393661.png) > [Say you're a sex worker and your partner knows you're a sex worker, but you're not out to your family. That could…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/melissa-gira-grant/say-you-re-a-sex-worker-and-your-partner-knows-you-re-a-sex-worker/) [Melissa Gira Grant](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/melissa-gira-grant/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/cc4/melissa-gira-grant-15196_conflict_say-you-re-a-sex-worker-and-your-partner_1155312.jpg) > [HIV criminalization is a global trend, but surprisingly Canada has some of the worst HIV laws in the world - they have…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/sarah-schulman/hiv-criminalization-is-a-global-trend-but-surprisingly-canada-has/) [Sarah Schulman](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/sarah-schulman/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/4f6/sarah-schulman-15652_anxiety_hiv-criminalization-is-a-global-trend-bu_1644439.jpg) > [In the current situation with criminalization, we've created situations where sex workers have very little power and control over their lives. Increasing…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/melissa-gira-grant/in-the-current-situation-with-criminalization-we-ve-created/) [Melissa Gira Grant](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/melissa-gira-grant/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/86d/melissa-gira-grant-15196_current-situation_in-the-current-situation-with-criminaliz_517764.jpg) > [U.S. domestic drug policy does not carry out its stated goals, and policymakers are well aware of that. If it isn't about…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/noam-chomsky/u-s-domestic-drug-policy-does-not-carry-out-its-stated-goals-and/) [Noam Chomsky](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/noam-chomsky/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/443/noam-chomsky-42_abuse_u-s-domestic-drug-policy-does-not-carry_3157141.jpg) > [We won't dispassionately investigate or rationally debate which drugs do what damage and whether or how much of that damage is the…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/p-j-o-rourke/we-won-t-dispassionately-investigate-or-rationally-debate-which-drugs/) [P. J. O'Rourke](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/p-j-o-rourke/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/aab/p-j-o-rourke-184_damage_we-won-t-dispassionately-investigate-or_1436280.jpg) > [“The criminalization of debt, then, was the criminalization of the very basis of human society. It cannot be overemphasized that in a…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/david-graeber/the-criminalization-of-debt-then-was-the-criminalization-of-the-very/) [David Graeber](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/david-graeber/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/426/david-graeber-4667_crime_the-criminalization-of-debt-then-was-the_259151.png) ```json { "@context": "https://schema.org", "@graph": [ { "@type": "ItemList", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/criminalization/#itemlist", "name": "Criminalization Quotes", "numberOfItems": 16, "itemListElement": [ { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 1, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "We are witnessing the criminalization of conservative politics.", "creator": { "@type": "Person", "name": "Tom DeLay" }, "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/tom-delay/we-are-witnessing-the-criminalization-of-conservative-politics/", "image": { "@type": "ImageObject", "@id": 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"Quotation", "text": "The idea that we criminalize fellow human beings based on optics, based on the need to progress in politics and gain power, and for economic reasons and financial reasons, for financial gains, and we throw out humanization for criminalization.", "creator": { "@type": "Person", "name": "Ava DuVernay" }, "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ava-duvernay/the-idea-that-we-criminalize-fellow-human-beings-based-on-optics/", "image": { "@type": "ImageObject", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/24a/ava-duvernay-4018_economic_the-idea-that-we-criminalize-fellow-huma_1784781.jpg", "contentUrl": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/24a/ava-duvernay-4018_economic_the-idea-that-we-criminalize-fellow-huma_1784781.jpg", "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/24a/ava-duvernay-4018_economic_the-idea-that-we-criminalize-fellow-huma_1784781.jpg", "width": 1080, "height": 1080, "caption": "“The idea that we criminalize fellow human beings based on optics, based on the need to progress 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Wherever there is a white-dominant space, deep racism exists as well - no matter how progressive. If you cut too far into that progressive, if you do something that's too radical, white racism will emerge.", "creator": { "@type": "Person", "name": "Patrisse Cullors" }, "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/patrisse-cullors/wherever-black-people-are-in-america-criminalization-exists-wherever/", "image": { "@type": "ImageObject", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/924/patrisse-cullors-5946_america_wherever-black-people-are-in-america-cri_440466.jpg", "contentUrl": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/924/patrisse-cullors-5946_america_wherever-black-people-are-in-america-cri_440466.jpg", "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/924/patrisse-cullors-5946_america_wherever-black-people-are-in-america-cri_440466.jpg", "width": 1080, "height": 1080, "caption": "“Wherever black people are in America, criminalization exists. 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That could be very dangerous, particularly in an unhealthy relationship, where it could be a recipe for conflict, for something potentially violent that could lead to someone going to jail. There's so much pressure because of the criminalization and stigma. If we lifted that, it's only going to benefit more women.", "creator": { "@type": "Person", "name": "Melissa Gira Grant" }, "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/melissa-gira-grant/say-you-re-a-sex-worker-and-your-partner-knows-you-re-a-sex-worker/", "image": { "@type": "ImageObject", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/cc4/melissa-gira-grant-15196_conflict_say-you-re-a-sex-worker-and-your-partner_1155312.jpg", "contentUrl": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/cc4/melissa-gira-grant-15196_conflict_say-you-re-a-sex-worker-and-your-partner_1155312.jpg", "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/cc4/melissa-gira-grant-15196_conflict_say-you-re-a-sex-worker-and-your-partner_1155312.jpg", "width": 1080, "height": 1080, "caption": "“Say you're a sex worker and your partner knows you're a sex worker, but you're not out to your family. 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It's a crisis of meaning.", "creator": { "@type": "Person", "name": "Sarah Schulman" }, "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/sarah-schulman/hiv-criminalization-is-a-global-trend-but-surprisingly-canada-has/", "image": { "@type": "ImageObject", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/4f6/sarah-schulman-15652_anxiety_hiv-criminalization-is-a-global-trend-bu_1644439.jpg", "contentUrl": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/4f6/sarah-schulman-15652_anxiety_hiv-criminalization-is-a-global-trend-bu_1644439.jpg", "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/4f6/sarah-schulman-15652_anxiety_hiv-criminalization-is-a-global-trend-bu_1644439.jpg", "width": 1080, "height": 1080, "caption": "“HIV criminalization is a global trend, but surprisingly Canada has some of the worst HIV laws in the world…” — Sarah Schulman", "creditText": "SMS4Smile Quotes", "creator": { "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#organization" } } } }, { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 13, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "In the current situation with criminalization, we've created situations where sex workers have very little power and control over their lives. Increasing one group of women's power and control over their lives does not take anything away from other women. When a woman's value has been constructed as keeping a man and keeping him faithful, then when he's not we've been taught to internalize that there's something wrong with us.", "creator": { "@type": "Person", "name": "Melissa Gira Grant" }, "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/melissa-gira-grant/in-the-current-situation-with-criminalization-we-ve-created/", "image": { "@type": "ImageObject", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/86d/melissa-gira-grant-15196_current-situation_in-the-current-situation-with-criminaliz_517764.jpg", "contentUrl": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/86d/melissa-gira-grant-15196_current-situation_in-the-current-situation-with-criminaliz_517764.jpg", "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/86d/melissa-gira-grant-15196_current-situation_in-the-current-situation-with-criminaliz_517764.jpg", "width": 1080, "height": 1080, "caption": "“In the current situation with criminalization, we've created situations where sex workers have very little…” — Melissa Gira Grant", "creditText": "SMS4Smile Quotes", "creator": { "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#organization" } } } }, { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 14, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "U.S. domestic drug policy does not carry out its stated goals, and policymakers are well aware of that. If it isn't about reducing substance abuse, what is it about? 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