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> [My town was all-white and shut down Section 8 housing because they didn't want black people to move into the town. And I thought that was wrong - duh.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/cecily-mcmillan/my-town-was-all-white-and-shut-down-section-8-housing-because-they/)

[Cecily McMillan](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/cecily-mcmillan/)

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## More by Cecily McMillan

> [My town was all-white and shut down Section 8 housing because they didn't want black people to move into the town. And I thought…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/cecily-mcmillan/my-town-was-all-white-and-shut-down-section-8-housing-because-they/)

[Cecily McMillan](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/cecily-mcmillan/)

> [I had a sense that my mother was struggling, when I was a kid, working twelve hour days, making $12,000 a year with two…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/cecily-mcmillan/i-had-a-sense-that-my-mother-was-struggling-when-i-was-a-kid-working/)

[Cecily McMillan](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/cecily-mcmillan/)

> [I would like to start a discussion about ending solitary confinement. I'd like to start a discussion about the removal of MO wings -…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/cecily-mcmillan/i-would-like-to-start-a-discussion-about-ending-solitary-confinement/)

[Cecily McMillan](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/cecily-mcmillan/)

> [I think in short order all of us need to act like we are citizens with not only rights, but also duties.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/cecily-mcmillan/i-think-in-short-order-all-of-us-need-to-act-like-we-are-citizens/)

[Cecily McMillan](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/cecily-mcmillan/)

> [I cannot speak adequately, especially considering my race and my privilege, to the violence of the NYPD or the police in racial terms. That…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/cecily-mcmillan/i-cannot-speak-adequately-especially-considering-my-race-and-my/)

[Cecily McMillan](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/cecily-mcmillan/)

> [I really don't feel good about leaving my house anymore. I don't feel really good about being anywhere in New York City alone anymore.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/cecily-mcmillan/i-really-don-t-feel-good-about-leaving-my-house-anymore-i-don-t-feel/)

[Cecily McMillan](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/cecily-mcmillan/)

> [I felt like there wasn't a political discourse. I felt like there was just one set of values, and any one set of values…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/cecily-mcmillan/i-felt-like-there-wasn-t-a-political-discourse-i-felt-like-there-was/)

[Cecily McMillan](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/cecily-mcmillan/)

> [Jail is just another micro-society. It just happens that here, the problems are far more out in the open, we don't live with the…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/cecily-mcmillan/jail-is-just-another-micro-society-it-just-happens-that-here-the/)

[Cecily McMillan](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/cecily-mcmillan/)

> [If somebody is acting maladjusted - which means not happy to be at Rikers - the protocol, as I understand it and have been…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/cecily-mcmillan/if-somebody-is-acting-maladjusted-which-means-not-happy-to-be-at/)

[Cecily McMillan](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/cecily-mcmillan/)

> [You can't put people in jail for having mental disorders. You can't do that, and they should not be held there. They need rehabilitative…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/cecily-mcmillan/you-can-t-put-people-in-jail-for-having-mental-disorders-you-can-t-do/)

[Cecily McMillan](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/cecily-mcmillan/)

> [We're just trying to figure out what being a good citizen is, what participating in a democracy is, what taking responsibility for being an…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/cecily-mcmillan/we-re-just-trying-to-figure-out-what-being-a-good-citizen-is-what/)

[Cecily McMillan](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/cecily-mcmillan/)

> [I think any person who goes to Rikers is criminalized, even just for visiting. I go back every week to see my friends in…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/cecily-mcmillan/i-think-any-person-who-goes-to-rikers-is-criminalized-even-just-for/)

[Cecily McMillan](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/cecily-mcmillan/)

> [I think the big turning moment was when I joined the student political action club and started studying nonviolent civil disobedience in response to…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/cecily-mcmillan/i-think-the-big-turning-moment-was-when-i-joined-the-student/)

[Cecily McMillan](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/cecily-mcmillan/)

> [I think that by telling the truth and by attempting to be a good citizen, somehow I've ended up playing with fire. And that's…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/cecily-mcmillan/i-think-that-by-telling-the-truth-and-by-attempting-to-be-a-good/)

[Cecily McMillan](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/cecily-mcmillan/)

> [I can be all pissed off at the oppression of the state, but what does that really mean? Well, it's the tacit consent of…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/cecily-mcmillan/i-can-be-all-pissed-off-at-the-oppression-of-the-state-but-what-does/)

[Cecily McMillan](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/cecily-mcmillan/)

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