Army Quote by Talib Kweli Download Open image “We send young white boys to the Army. We're sending young black boys to the prisons.” — Talib Kweli ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ 4.7 out of 5 (10 ratings) Copy quoteShare Army Black Black boy Boys Prison
Increasingly, poor minority and white youth are being funneled directly from schools into prison. — Henry Giroux Copy Share Image
Furthermore, the financial and social investment in prisons means that black and brown youth become, essentially, fodder for the machinery of capitalized incarceration. The… — Michael Eric Dyson Copy Share Image
We must have black troops, and a limitless number of them too - paid and treated like their white brothers. — Benjamin Lincoln Copy Share Image
I endeavor to connect young black boys with the necessary resources, which will afford them the opportunity to matriculate in this society in a… — Phaedra Parks Copy Share Image
If they are going to have war, they ought to take the old men and leave the young to propagate the race. — Jeannette Rankin Copy Share Image
Take up the White Man's burden -- send forth the best ye breed -- go, bind your sons to exile to serve your captives… — Rudyard Kipling Copy Share Image
“When now we turn and look five miles above, there on the edge of town are five houses of prostitutes,—two of blacks and three… — W.E.B. Du Bois Copy Share Image
“Our government seemed to expect the same of them as of white men. Poor Negroes! They are hopelessly inferior. . . . If you… — Joseph E. Persico Copy Share Image
“The idea that blacks, or anyone for that matter, need the government to get ahead in life is despicable. And even more important, this… — Elbert Guillory Copy Share Image
“the black folks say that only colored boys are sent to jail, and they not because they are guilty, but because the State needs… — W.E.B. Du Bois Copy Share Image
We need to rethink a system that has targeted young people, particularly young people of color, for nonviolent crimes. — Brad Schneider Copy Share Image
By the time you get into other kinds of music - R&B, country, or whatever - it becomes something that's romantic. It becomes something… — Talib Kweli Copy Share Image
There's a lot of activism that doesn't deal with empowerment, and you have to empower yourself in order to be relevant to any type… — Talib Kweli Copy Share Image
Honestly, you have to take care of yourself. That's probably something I have learned on the road. — Talib Kweli Copy Share Image
I remember looking back on a photo of me... wearing a suit that was, like, two sizes too big for me. I think a… — Talib Kweli Copy Share Image
You have to learn how to harness technology so you can use it for positive stuff without being disconnected from nature. — Talib Kweli Copy Share Image
I call these rappers baby seals, cause they club you to death. I could call them Navy SEALs, cause they government feds. — Talib Kweli Copy Share Image
You have to know when to be arrogant. You have to when to be humble. You have to know when to be hard and… — Talib Kweli Copy Share Image
The only way for me to be an artist is to be honest in my craft. If I veer from that, I'm not giving… — Talib Kweli Copy Share Image
I like the fact that I can rep New York, but my style does not - I'm not trapped in a New York thing.… — Talib Kweli Copy Share Image
“In American terms, the accomplishment of Genghis Khan might be understood if the United States, instead of being created by a group of educated… — Jack Weatherford Copy Share Image
Every army in the history of the world has always had some deserters, usually much greater than we have today, because once again every… — Bryan Hilferty Copy Share Image
It is the rule in war, if our forces are ten to the enemy's one, to surround him; if five to one, to attack… — Sun Tzu Copy Share Image
The surprise of an army is now next to an impossibility. ... Prearranged surprises are rare and difficult because in order to plan one… — Antoine-Henri Jomini Copy Share Image
I just read an article about how young American males feel uncomfortable appearing naked in front of each other in locker rooms. That was… — James Ivory Copy Share Image
I can't imagine that I would be asked that by the president-elect [Donald Trump], or then-president [Barack Obama]. But it's - I'm very clear.… — James Mattis Copy Share Image
Holy shadows of the dead, I'm not to blame for your cruel and bitter fate, but the accursed rivalry which brought sister nations and… — Alexander the Great Copy Share Image
“The most important lesson that came out of Vietnam for me was that Marines take care of Marines.” — Tom Clancy Copy Share Image
One of our great allies at present is the Church itself. Do not misunderstand me. I do not mean the Church as we see… — C. S. Lewis Copy Share Image
Personally, I don't really have a set style or look. It's pretty much what I feel like wearing that day, from a floral-print dress… — Shay Mitchell Copy Share Image