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“When a boy writes off the world it's done with sloppy misspelled words If a girl writes off the world it's done in cursive.”

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Sage Francis

Sage Francis, born Cyril Smith, is an American hip-hop artist known for his profound social commentary and unique storytelling skills. He is one of the representatives of the independent hip-hop scene. more

“If we want to do more than just end mass incarceration—if we want to put an end to the history of racial caste in America—we must lay down our racial bribes, join hands with people of all colors who are not content to wait for change to trickle down, and say to those who would stand in our way: Accept all of us or none.”

People Ifs Way Want Ends Hands America Waiting Accepting Color Mass Down And Lays Bribe Castes Incarceration Mass Incarceration Trickle Down

Book:The New Jim Crow: Mass Incarceration in the Age of Colorblindness

Source: The New Jim Crow: Mass Incarceration in the Age of Colorblindness

“Sociologists have frequently observed that governments use punishment primarily as a tool of social control, and thus the extent or severity of punishment is often unrelated to actual crime patterns.”

Use Government Social Crime Tools Patterns Punishment Severity Sociologists Social Control

Book:The New Jim Crow: Mass Incarceration in the Age of Colorblindness

Source: The New Jim Crow: Mass Incarceration in the Age of Colorblindness

“The War on Drugs, cloaked in race-neutral language, offered whites opposed to racial reform a unique opportunity to express their hostility toward blacks and black progress, without being exposed to the charge of racism.”

War Opportunity Language Black Race Progress Drug Unique Racism Reform Exposed Hostility War On Drugs Unique Opportunities

Book:The New Jim Crow: Mass Incarceration in the Age of Colorblindness

Source: The New Jim Crow: Mass Incarceration in the Age of Colorblindness

“There are more African Americans under correctional control, in prison or jail, on probation or parole, than were enslaved in 1850 a decade before the civil war began.”

War Prison Decades African American Civil War Jail Jim Crow Parole Mass Incarceration Felons Probation

Author:Michelle Alexander

“You can quit anything on a Thursday.”

Quitting Thursday

Author:Bob Goff

“People were doing business with one another through the Internet already, through bulletin boards. But on the Web, we could make it interactive, we could create an auction, we could create a real marketplace. And that's really what triggered my imagination, if you will, and that's what I did.”

People Ifs Real Imagination Internet Boards My Imagination Marketplace Interactive Auctions Bulletin Board

Author:Pierre Omidyar

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