Application Quote by Marian Wright Edelman

“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

In many large urban areas, the majority of working age African American men now have criminal records and are thus subject to legalized discrimination…

— Michelle Alexander

Young black men are not only being arrested and channeled into the criminal justice system in record numbers, they are also being targeted by…

— Henry Giroux

The criminalization of Black life was something specific to the United States in the post-Reconstruction period and there's something like it happening today with…

— Noam Chomsky

“The racial dimension of mass incarceration is its most striking feature. No other country in the world imprisons so many of its racial or…

— Michelle 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

Today there are more African-Americans under correctional control — in prison or jail, on probation or parole — than were enslaved in 1850, a…

— Michelle Alexander

Young black men are considered dangerous, expendable, threatening and part of a culture of criminality.

— Henry Giroux

Many African-American men are incarcerated. And so African-American women do carry an enormous burden. And traditionally have carried a greater burden than perhaps their…

— Faye Wattleton

Young black men are guilty of criminal behavior not because of the alleged crimes they might commit but because they are the product of…

— Henry Giroux

African-American men are more likely to be killed in police incidents, stopped and searched, and sentenced to longer prison terms than white men convicted…

— Hillary Clinton

“This is not about you. Nobody gives a shit whether you like pot or hate it. This is a race issue. It's a civil…

— Bruce Barcott