Black youth Quote by Malcolm X

“the black man today will only find solitude in one place: prison. ironically, he becomes most free while incarcerated.”

— Darnell Lamont Walker

“The idea that blacks, or anyone for that matter, need the government to get ahead in life is despicable. And even more important, this…

— Elbert Guillory

“[Prison] relieves us of the responsibility of seriously engaging with the problems of our society, especially those produced by racism and, increasingly, global capitalism.”

— Angela Y. Davis

“Going into any prison is deeply confusing if you know anything about the racial demographics of America. The extreme overrepresentation of people of color,…

— Bryan Stevenson

“It was awful to be Negro and have no control over my life. It was brutal to be young and already trained to sit…

— Maya Angelou

“And despite the unprecedented levels of incarceration in the African American community, the civil rights community is oddly quiet.”

— Michelle Alexander

When young black men reach a certain age - whether or not there is incarceration in their families - they themselves are the target…

— Michelle Alexander

“I watched these young people read to the audience parts of history that placed our country in context. I felt, in that moment, envious…

— Clint Smith

“In order to make this point, we need to talk about race openly and honestly. We must stop debating crime policy as though it…

— Michelle Alexander

“I can conceive of no Negro native to this country who has not, by the age of puberty, been irreparably scarred by the conditions…

— James Baldwin

“Prison is a society cultivating psychological repression. Deceptive, the subservient appearance of its camouflage a rage boiling just beneath the surface.”

— Dwight E. Abbott

Furthermore, the financial and social investment in prisons means that black and brown youth become, essentially, fodder for the machinery of capitalized incarceration. The…

— Michael Eric Dyson