“Why are drugs so profitable? Essentially, many argue, it’s because they are illegal. By making drugs a criminal enterprise, it creates an enormous black market economy where drugs fetch far greater prices than they would if legal.” IfsBlackEconomyGreaterDrugCriminalsArguingEnormousEnterpriseIllegalProfitableMarket EconomyFetch Author:James Morcan
“We've got to turn this backward thinking around where ignorance is championed over intelligence. Young black kids being ridiculed by their peers for getting A's and speaking proper English: that's criminal.” ThinkingKidsYoungTurnsBlackIgnoranceCriminalsPeers Author:Spike Lee
“One out of three black men are in the criminal justice system in some form. Their despair is beginning to resonate through the entire culture; that is why suburban children want rap music.” MenWantChildrenFormCultureThreeBlackJusticeDespairRapCriminalsJustice SystemCriminal JusticeRap MusicCriminal Justice System Author:Robert Bly
“In the USA, it's harder for a black man with no criminal record to find a job than a white man with a criminal record, which is to say that race is actually a bigger factor than ex-felon status. But if you're both, it's almost impossible to find a job.” IfsMenJobsBlackWhiteRaceRecordsImpossibleBiggerHarderCriminalsFactorsUsaWhite ManExesFelons Author:Benjamin Jealous
“Black people are dying in this country because we have a criminal justice system which is out of control, a system in which over 50% of young African American kids are unemployed. It is estimated that a black baby born today has a one in four chance of ending up in the criminal justice system.” PeopleCountryKidsTodayYoungBlackBornJusticeChanceFourDyingBabyCriminalsAfrican AmericanBlack PeopleUnemployedJustice SystemCriminal JusticeCriminal Justice SystemOver 50Baby Born Author:Bernie Sanders
“I don't like perpetuating the stereotype of black males being drug dealers, and criminals.” BlackDrugMalesCriminalsStereotypeDealerDrug DealersPerpetuatingBlack Males Author:Wesley Snipes