--- title: "4 Lani Guinier Quotes - Famous University teacher" description: "American activist, lawyer and academic... | Carol Lani Guinier was an American educator, legal scholar, and civil rights theorist. She was the Bennett B..." image: "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wp-content/uploads/sms4s/authors/processed/b117/author-lani-guinier-67716.jpg" --- ![Portrait of Lani Guinier](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wp-content/uploads/sms4s/authors/processed/b117/author-lani-guinier-67716.jpg) # Lani Guinier (1950–2022) University Teacher **4** quotes in **61** categories Rate this collection: ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ No ratings yet Lani Guinier was an university teacher. ## Quick Facts About Lani Guinier Born April 19, 1950 Died January 7, 2022 Profession University Teacher ## About Lani Guinier American activist, lawyer and academic... \| Carol Lani Guinier was an American educator, legal scholar, and civil rights theorist. She was the Bennett Boskey Professor of Law at Harvard Law School, and the first woman of color appointed to a tenured professorship there. Before coming to Harvard in 1998, Guinier taught at the University of Pen ## Quotes by Lani Guinier > [Michelle Alexander's brave and bold new book paints a haunting picture in which dreary felon garb, post-prison joblessness, and loss of voting…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/lani-guinier/michelle-alexander-s-brave-and-bold-new-book-paints-a-haunting/) Lani Guinier [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/140/lani-guinier-67716_arguing_michelle-alexander-s-brave-and-bold-new_105851.jpg) > [In a racially divided society, majority rule is not a reliable instrument of democracy.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/lani-guinier/in-a-racially-divided-society-majority-rule-is-not-a-reliable/) Lani Guinier [Democracy](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/democracy/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/287/lani-guinier-67716_democracy_in-a-racially-divided-society-majority-r_595549.png) > [Most people ask questions because they want to know the answer; lawyers are trained never to ask questions unless they already know…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/lani-guinier/most-people-ask-questions-because-they-want-to-know-the-answer/) Lani Guinier [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/727/lani-guinier-67716_answers_most-people-ask-questions-because-they-w_604686.png) > [As a country, we are in a state of denial about issues of race and racism. And too many of our leaders…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/lani-guinier/as-a-country-we-are-in-a-state-of-denial-about-issues-of-race-and/) Lani Guinier [Country](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/country/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/4e4/lani-guinier-67716_country_as-a-country-we-are-in-a-state-of-denial_1147397.jpg) ```json { "@context": "https://schema.org", "@graph": [ { "@type": "ItemList", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/lani-guinier/#itemlist", "name": "Lani Guinier Quotes", "numberOfItems": 4, "itemListElement": [ { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 1, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "Michelle Alexander's brave and bold new book paints a haunting picture in which dreary felon garb, post-prison joblessness, and loss of voting rights now do the stigmatizing work once done by colored-only water fountains and legally segregated schools. 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