“I don't have to have the biggest house or the biggest car or the longest mink, but quality of life is really glamorous.” Quote by Eartha Kitt
“In the 1990s - the period of the greatest escalation of the drug war - nearly 80 percent of the increase in drug arrests was for marijuana possession, a drug less harmful than alcohol or tobacco and at least, if not more, prevalent in middle class white neighborhoods and college campuses as it is in the 'hood.” IfsWarWhiteClassMiddleCollegePeriodsDrugPercentIncreasePossessionAlcoholMiddle ClassNeighborhoodMarijuanaTobaccoHoodCampusWar On DrugsCollege CampusEscalation Author:Michelle Alexander
“I thought Britney Spears was absolutely marvelous in the beginning. But now I think she's gone off the deep end.” ThinkingEndsGoneMarvelousSpears Author:Eartha Kitt
“I was called a naughty girl only because I was singing naughty songs.” SongGirlSingingNaughtyNaughty Girl Author:Eartha Kitt
“By waging the drug war and "getting tough" almost exclusively in the 'hood, we've managed to create a vast new racial undercaste in an astonishingly short period of time.” WarPeriodsDrugToughHoodWar On Drugs Author:Michelle Alexander
“I've always accepted applause as making me feel worthwhile. I hope I die being applauded. Just put a chaise longue under me and let me go.” FeelsDiesLet MeAcceptedWorthwhileApplauseLet Me Go Author:Eartha Kitt
“Plague has hung over human history. The biggest human extinction was after 1492 in North and South America when the mortality rate was 95 per cent, which is enormous. But again, I'm actually giving you grounds for optimism: There were enough to continue. The five per cent who made it through are what you need to survive a bottleneck, which we have been through before.” NeedsGivingHumansHas BeensMadeEnoughAmericaFiveOptimismSouthRateEnormousMade ItMortalityCentsHungExtinctionPlagueHuman HistorySouth AmericaNorth And SouthBottlenecks Author:Margaret Atwood
“In the First World War, people would be receiving letters from loved ones who had been dead for weeks, and they would not know until that black-bordered telegram arrived. I remember, of course, when it was letters only, or the telephone, and you did not make expensive long-distance calls unless it was, "Come home to the funeral," or the like.” PeopleKnowsWorldFirstsLongWarHomeWould BeRememberCoursesBlackWeekLettersDistanceWar Of The WorldsExpensiveComing HomeFuneralLoved OnesReceivingTelephonesLong DistanceFirst World WarTelegrams Author:Margaret Atwood
“Once you have been branded a criminal or felon, you are typically trapped for life.” Has BeensCriminalsTrappedBrandedFelons Author:Michelle Alexander
“For the rest of your life you must check the box on employment applications asking the dreaded question: "Have you ever been convicted of a felony?" And once you check that box, the odds are sky high that your application is going straight to the trash. Hundreds of professional licenses are off-limits to people convicted of felonies.” PeopleSkyLimitsAskingBoxesChecksEmploymentApplicationOddsLicenseTrashRest Of Your LifeFelonyLicensesSky High Author:Michelle Alexander
“Public housing projects as well as private landlords are free to deny housing to people with criminal records. In fact, you don't even have to be convicted. You can be denied housing - or your family evicted - just based on an arrest.” PeopleWellsFactsRecordsProjectsDenyCriminalsOur FamilyDeniedHousingLandlordPublic Housing Author:Michelle Alexander