Quote by Michelle Alexander

“Color prejudice is at the bottom of everything. If it’s not fixed, the plight of the Negro will continue long after abolition.”

— Sue Monk Kidd

“There's more to blackness than bludgeoning people with memories of past atrocities and injustices or the discussion of how difficult it is to be…

— Touré

“...there is nothing so dangerous in its consequences as injustice to individuals- whether it arise from prejudice of color or from any other source;…

— John Rollin Ridge

“Today it is perfectly legal to discriminate against criminals in nearly all the ways that it was once legal to discriminate against African Americans.”

— Michelle Alexander

“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

“Racism is racism–and there is no room in America for racism of any color. And we must reject calls for racism, whether they come…

— Hubert Humphrey

“The disproportionate imprisonment of people of color was, in part, a product of racial profiling—not a justification”

— Michelle Alexander

“Criminals, it turns out, are the one social group in America we have permission to hate. In 'colorblind' America, criminals are the new whipping…

— Michelle Alexander

The New Jim Crow: Mass Incarceration in the Age of Colorblindness

— Michelle Alexander

“Skin Colors Were Created For Identification, Not For Discrimination...”

— Pedro Acevedo

“People of color are actually no more likely to be guilty of drug crimes and many other offenses than whites.”

— Michelle Alexander

“I Think That Skin Colors Were Created For Identification, Not For Discrimination...”

— Pedro Acevedo