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“The temptation is to insist that black men 'choose' to be criminals; the system does not make them criminals, at least not in the…

— Michelle Alexander

Our criminal-justice system has for decades been infected with a mindset that views black boys and men in particular as a problem to be…

— Michelle Alexander

I have been a victim of stereotypes. I come from Latin America and to some countries, we are considered 'losers,' drug traffickers, and that…

— Ricky Martin

For those who say that the war on drugs and the system of mass incarceration really isn't about race, I say there is no…

— Michelle Alexander

I don't wanna be like somebody that just depicts black characters where drugs and guns are just a majority of what they have to…

— Y'lan Noel

We should not have drug laws or a court system that disproportionately punishes the black community.

— Rand Paul

“A survey was conducted in 1995 asking the following question: “Would you close your eyes for a second, envision a drug user, and describe…

— Michelle Alexander

What really drives the battle against law enforcement and punishment is not a commitment to treatment, but the widely held view that, first, we…

— John P. Walters

It becomes more and more difficult to avoid the idea of black men as subjects of not just racial profiling but of an insidious…

— Aberjhani

Black males who refuse categorization are rare, for the price of visibility in the contemporary world of white supremacy is that black identity be…

— Bell Hooks

Young black men are not only being arrested and channeled into the criminal justice system in record numbers, they are also being targeted by…

— Henry Giroux

“African Americans are not significantly more likely to use or sell prohibited drugs than whites, but they are made criminals at drastically higher rates…

— Michelle Alexander