Books Quote by Michelle Alexander

“Vagrancy laws and other laws defining activities such as "mischief" and "insulting gestures" as crimes were enforced vigorously against blacks. The aggressive enforcement of…

— Michelle Alexander

It is perfectly clear, in the first place, that the constitution of the United States did not, of itself, create or establish slavery as…

— Lysander Spooner

“Rule 3: Just because someone is offended, doesn’t mean they’re right Ending Slavery: More important than the feelings of people who like slavery”

— Oliver Emberton

It states, History should be regarded as a means for understanding the past and solving the challenges of the future. It also suggests that…

— Mark Foley

The true story is that black people need to tell their history. Very few films are made by black people about slavery. That itself…

— Haile Gerima

“The language of caste may well seem foreign or unfamiliar to some. Public discussions about racial caste in America are relatively rare. We avoid…

— Michelle Alexander

Sociologists have frequently observed that governments use punishment primarily as a tool of social control, and thus the extent or severity of punishment is…

— Michelle Alexander

“If the movement that emerges to challenge mass incarceration fails to confront squarely the critical role of race in the basic structure of our…

— Michelle Alexander

Mass incarceration is a massive system of racial and social control.

— Michelle Alexander

Our system of mass incarceration is better understood as a system of racial and social control than a system of crime prevention or control.

— Michelle Alexander

There is a system of racial and social control in communities of color across America.

— Michelle Alexander

“Saying mass incarceration is an abysmal failure makes sense, though, only if one assumes that the criminal justice system is designed to prevent and…

— Michelle Alexander