Lani Guinier Quotes

• As a country, we are in a state of denial about issues of race and racism. And too many of our leaders have concluded that the way to remedy racism is to simply stop talking about race.

  Lani Guinier

  Country, Talking, Issues

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• In a racially divided society, majority rule is not a reliable instrument of democracy.

  Lani Guinier

  Majority Rule, Racism, Democracy

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• Most people ask questions because they want to know the answer; lawyers are trained never to ask questions unless they already know the answer.

  Lani Guinier

  Inspirational, Knowing, People

  Lani Guinier, Michelle Fine, Jane Balin (1997). “Becoming gentlemen: women, law school, and institutional change”, Beacon Pr

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• Michelle Alexander's brave and bold new book paints a haunting picture in which dreary felon garb, post-prison joblessness, and loss of voting rights now do the stigmatizing work once done by colored-only water fountains and legally segregated schools. With dazzling candor, Alexander argues that we all pay the cost of the new Jim Crow.

  Lani Guinier

  Book, School, Loss

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