Black Quote by Michelle Alexander

“The War on Drugs proved popular among key white voters, particularly whites who remained resentful of black progress, civil rights enforcement, and affirmative action.…

— Michelle Alexander

America is a former slave state and a blatantly racist society, so the war on drugs, which is managed by white supremacists, was and…

— Douglas Valentine

If I had to guess and put a name on it, I'd say that at some point, the drug war was as much a…

— David Simon

“The goal was organized resistance to racial subjugation, and its harassing effect was probably more potent precisely because they risked so much without either…

— Derrick Bell

What was happening was the war on drugs. That was the primary culprit I could see that was getting in the way of black…

— Eugene Jarecki

“At the time the drug war was declared, illegal drug use and abuse was not a pressing concern in most communities. The announcement of…

— Michelle Alexander

The War on Drugs is a war on people, but particularly it's been a war on low-income people and a war on minorities. We…

— Cory Booker

Nothing has contributed more to the systematic mass incarceration of people of color in the United States than the War on Drugs

— Michelle Alexander

“History seemed to repeat itself. Just as the white elite had successfully driven a wedge between poor whites and blacks following Bacon's Rebellion by…

— Michelle Alexander

“Ninety percent of those admitted to prison for drug offenses in many states were black or Latino, yet the mass incarceration of communities of…

— Michelle Alexander

“The War on Drugs will go down in history as the most racist crusade since slavery.”

— Thor Benson

Most Americans violate drug laws in their lifetime, but the enemy in this war has been racially defined. Not by accident, the drug war…

— Michelle Alexander