Arrested Quote by Michelle Alexander

“Far from fading away, it appears that prisons are here to stay. And despite the unprecedented levels of incarceration in the African American community,…

— 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

After the end of slavery, African-American men were arrested in mass, and they were arrested for extremely minor crimes like loitering, standing around, vagrancy,…

— Michelle Alexander

“Although a million black men can be found in prisons and jails, public acknowledgment of the role of the criminal justice system in "disappearing"…

— Michelle Alexander

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

African-Americans have always viewed the protection of black lives as a civil rights issue, whether the threat comes from police officers or street criminals.…

— James Forman, Jr

“One in three young African American men is currently under the control of the criminal justice system—in prison, in jail, on probation, or on…

— 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

Black men in ghetto communities (and many who live in middle class communities) are targeted by the police at early ages, often before they're…

— 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

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

— Michelle Alexander