Michelle Alexander Quotes About Choices

Quotes about: Choices

• The fact that more than half of the young black men in any large American city are currently under the control of the criminal justice system (or saddled with criminal records) is not - as many argue - just a symptom of poverty or poor choices, but rather evidence of a new racial caste system at work.

  Michelle Alexander

  Men, Cities, Justice

  "The New Jim Crow: Mass Incarceration in the Age of Colorblindness". Book by Michelle Alexander, January 5, 2010.

• When young black men reach a certain age - whether or not there is incarceration in their families - they themselves are the target of police stops, interrogations, frisks, often for no reason other than their race. And, of course, this level of harassment sends a message to them, often at an early age: No matter who you are or what you do, you're going to find yourself behind bars one way or the other. This reinforces the sense that prison is part of their destiny, rather than a choice one makes.

  Michelle Alexander

  Destiny, Men, Race

  Source: www.truth-out.org

• For many, whether they go to prison or not is far less about the choices they make and far more about what kind of cage they're born into.

  Michelle Alexander

  Choices, Cages, Kind

  Source: www.truth-out.org

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