“Maybe it's the remnants of my religious upbringing, but I do try and insert a sense of social justice into the work. For instance, to me, Mansfield Park is a story about servitude and slavery. Other people may have a problem with that, but that's how I read the book and so that's how I shot the movie.” PeopleTryingMayBookStoriesProblemSocialReligiousJusticeShotsSocial JusticeSlaveryInstanceParksUpbringingServitudeRemnantsInsertMansfield Park Author:Patricia Rozema
“Activist Supreme Courts are not new. The Dred Scott decision in 1856, imposing slavery in free territories; the Plessy decision in 1896, imposing segregation on a private railroad company; the Korematsu decision in 1944, upholding Franklin Roosevelt’s internment of American citizens, mostly Japanese Americans; and the Roe decision in 1973, imposing abortion on the entire nation; are examples of the consequences of activist Courts and justices.” NationsJusticeDecisionCompanyExampleCitizensConsequenceSlaveryCourtSupremeAbortionActivistTerritorySupreme CourtSegregationFranklinImposingRailroadsAmerican CitizensInternment Author:Mark Levin
“The whole future of America's black community is at risk. One out of every three young black men in Washington, D.C., is under one arm or the other of the criminal justice system. These are the continuing consequences of slavery.” MenWholeAmericaYoungThreeBlackCommunityJusticeRiskArmsConsequenceSlaveryCriminalsContinuingJustice SystemCriminal JusticeCriminal Justice SystemBlack CommunityFuture Of America Author:Randall Robinson
“Justice Jefferson has a blind spot on race. You know, more than a blind spot. A terrible blemish on his legacy, slavery, for which he's properly excoriated. So, I think [Louis] Brandeis has done this as well.” ThinkingKnowsWellsDoneJusticeRaceTerribleSlaveryBlindSpotsLegacyBlind SpotsLouis Brandeis Author:Jeffrey Rosen