“I wish all critics, no matter their color, were more sophisticated when it comes to the moral questions a film like 'St. Anna' is trying to raise.” TryingMatterFilmWishMoralColorRaisesCriticsSophisticatedAnna Author:James McBride
“Many of these Americans who are struggling to survive are Americans of color, .. Their cries for assistance confront America with a test of our moral compass as a nation.” AmericaNationsCompassionMoralStruggleCryColorTestsAssistanceCompassMoral CompassStruggling To Survive Author:Elijah Cummings
“Classifications and distinctions based on race or color have no moral or legal validity in our society. They are contrary to our constitution and laws.” LawPoliticsRaceMoralColorConstitutionContraryDistinctionOur SocietyValidityClassification Author:Thurgood Marshall
“The American color bar unless speedily removed will be the rock on which our international Good Neighbor policy and our pious claims to moral leadership will founder.” MoralRocksPolicyColorClaimsInternationalNeighborBarsFoundersPiousGood NeighborMoral Leadership Author:Charles Hamilton Houston
“The standard progressive approach of the moment is to mix color-conscious moral invective with color-blind public policy.” MomentsMoralPolicyColorApproachStandardsConsciousBlindProgressivePublic Policy Author:Ta-Nehisi Coates
“Mass incarceration has become normalized in the United States. Poor folks of color are shuttled from decrepit, underfunded schools to brand new, high tech prisons and then relegated to a permanent undercaste - stigmatized as undeserving of any moral care or concern.” StatesCareSchoolPoorUnitedMoralUnited StatesColorMassConcernPrisonFolksBrandsPermanentBrand NewIncarcerationMass IncarcerationUndeservingDecrepit Author:Michelle Alexander