Abuse Quote by Ishmael Reed

Colored students at the University of Minnesota partying with (white) female students, smoking [marijuana] and getting their sympathy with stories of racial persecution. Result:…

— Harry J. Anslinger

“Any notion that drug use among blacks is more severe or dangerous is belied by the data; white youth have about three times the…

— Michelle Alexander

The Bureau of Justice reports that one in three black male babies born this century will go to jail or prison - that is…

— Bryan Stevenson

“Black women are acting irresponsibly by giving birth to baby after baby out of wedlock. Most of these children are from different fathers as…

— Rev. Jesse Lee Peterson

“The temptation is to insist that black men 'choose' to be criminals; the system does not make them criminals, at least not in the…

— Michelle Alexander

“A survey was conducted in 1995 asking the following question: “Would you close your eyes for a second, envision a drug user, and describe…

— Michelle Alexander

Every day Black women are subjected to harsh and racist treatment during pregnancy and childbirth. Every day Black women die because the system denies…

— Cori Bush

“US black women are three times more likely to die than white women from causes related to pregnancy and childbirth, and this disparity has…

— Gabrielle Palmer

“counterparts. Although the lower-SES average is higher overall, higher-SES white men have the highest reported levels of binge drinking, of any drug use, and…

— Karl Alexander

“African Americans are not significantly more likely to use or sell prohibited drugs than whites, but they are made criminals at drastically higher rates…

— Michelle Alexander

No white racist makes you get pregnant when you are a black teenager.

— Henry Louis Gates

“Young Black males were twenty-one times more likely to be killed by police than their White counterparts between 2010 and 2012, according to federal…

— Ibram X. Kendi