Black women Quote by Matthew Desmond

Just as incarceration has come to define the lives of low-income black men, eviction is defining the lives of low-income black women.

— Matthew Desmond

If incarceration had come to define the lives of men from impoverished black neighborhoods, eviction was shaping the lives of women. Poor black men…

— Matthew Desmond

Whether it's on the court or off, there's a sense of understanding that you get from - and I'm not going to say all,…

— Jerami Grant

There have been countless Black women who have been unfortunately mistreated, blackballed, looked over.

— Quinta Brunson

Nationwide, 1 in 3 black men can expect to serve time behind bars, but the rates are far higher in segregated and impoverished black communities.

— Michelle Alexander

If you are a black woman, you get two history months in a row.

— Artie Lange

For the rest of their lives, [black men] can be denied the right to vote, automatically excluded from juries, and legally discriminated against in…

— Michelle Alexander

Blacks commit murder eight times more per capita than any other group in our society. If I had put all of my police officers…

— Rudy Giuliani

One study conducted in Washington, D.C. indicated that 3 out of 4 black men, and nearly all those living in the poorest neighborhoods could…

— Michelle Alexander

When Blacks got the right to vote, white women got the right to sit on juries.

— Jesse Jackson

Something that people talk about a lot in the Black community is how Black women hold it up, basically, and Black women don't get…

— Nia DaCosta

I know that statistically, it has been proven that there is a tremendous amount of black on black crime within the inner cities.

— Alex Haley