Discrimination Quote by Susan Burton Download Open image “We continue to work on policy to end discrimination against people with criminal records.” — Susan Burton ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ 3.7 out of 5 (9 ratings) Copy quoteShare Discrimination End People Work
Liberals say we should end employment discrimination. I say we should end employment. — Bob Black Copy Share Image
All the old forms of discrimination, the forms of discrimination we supposedly left behind, are now perfectly legal once you've been labeled a felon. — Michelle Alexander Copy Share Image
Me and discrimination, me and racial profiling... we go way back. We've got history. — Marcus Smart Copy Share Image
My ultimate goal is a statewide non-discrimination law with broad protections, and I will keep striving for it. — Roy Cooper Copy Share Image
What we're dealing with is institutional, and unless systems are put into place that will ensure accountability, we can expect racially biased police practices… — Michelle Alexander Copy Share Image
Rather than following through on the proven crime and violence prevention techniques that work, we are back to tough-talking sound byte policies that have… — Bobby Scott Copy Share Image
I wrote a piece in the New York Times back in the Nineties saying that racial discrimination ought to be a criminal offense, not… — Shelby Steele Copy Share Image
Our reforms to criminal record disclosure will benefit ex-offenders, but there will a broader, more significant payoff for everyone in society. — David Gauke Copy Share Image
Telling your story is transformative. For both the storyteller and their audience, a new bridge to understanding is created. — Susan Burton Copy Share Image
I can remember, as a child, the happy days of us all piling into the car and going to the drive-in. And that was… — Susan Burton Copy Share Image
I knew hundreds and hundreds of women like me, who had traveled in and out of prison in a revolving door. They needed support… — Susan Burton Copy Share Image
Everyone needs a place to live. Everyone needs a place to come home to every night. I don't understand why our society, our government,… — Susan Burton Copy Share Image
It's important the sheriff and the D.A. work with the community to realize real-world solutions. If they make decisions in silos, it will fall… — Susan Burton Copy Share Image
We all make mistakes. Sometimes people slip, but that doesn't mean they're not worthy of the support. — Susan Burton Copy Share Image
The person who has been convicted has served their time. Why would we continue to punish and exclude them from housing and jobs? Those… — Susan Burton Copy Share Image
One of the things about incarceration is that you're deprived. You lose all of your identity, and then its given back one day, and… — Susan Burton Copy Share Image
We know that the environment and political information is important, and we expose and teach the women about some of the environmental factors that… — Susan Burton Copy Share Image
If you don't have a new door to walk through, the only thing is the old door. — Susan Burton Copy Share Image
There could be no more powerful argument against mixing religion and government than the success of independent African American churches in placing racial segregation… — Susan Jacoby Copy Share Image
Jesus never said a word about homosexuality. In all of his teachings about multiple things - he never said that gay people should be… — Jimmy Carter Copy Share Image
In a general way, the literature of the twentieth century is essentially psychological; and psychology consists of describing states of the soul by displaying… — Simone Weil Copy Share Image
“Mental illness is not something you misunderstand in this era. Get educated because bias is no different than racism.” — Shannon L. Alder Copy Share Image
I believe that those who promote discrimination on the basis of sexual orientation or any other grounds are gravely mistaken about the values that… — Bill Clinton Copy Share Image
Each Act of Parliament intended to address harassment and discrimination has faced objections on the basis of 'you'll never be able to prove...' and… — Tim Field Copy Share Image
Nothing better protects a human being against the stupidity of prejudice, racism, religious or political sectarianism, and exclusivist nationalism than this truth that invariably… — Mario Vargas Llosa Copy Share Image
It is obvious that discrimination exists. Women do not have the opportunities that men do. And women that do not conform to the system,… — Shirley Chisholm Copy Share Image
The fact is that in too many parts of our country, we still have discrimination. And affirmative action is not just something that applies… — John F. Kerry Copy Share Image
Judging someone by the color of their skin is ignorant. Their skin complexion has nothing to do with their morals, beliefs or intelligence. — Anonymous Copy Share Image
We try to take a very strong stance against discrimination and hatred. — Nathan Blecharczyk Copy Share Image
I resolutely believe that respect for diversity is a fundamental pillar in the eradication of racism, xenophobia and intolerance. There is no excuse for… — Rigoberta Menchu Copy Share Image