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“Poverty is so concentrated because it is generational and, research shows, created with relentless intention.”

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Book:Five Days: The Fiery Reckoning of an American City

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“… our fates are profoundly intertwined. We have to take care of one another.”

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Book:Five Days: The Fiery Reckoning of an American City

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“Throw the bums out" and "Drain the swamp" are popular political slogans. But it's not enough to move people around in a bureaucracy if you don't change the underlying values and let those values reshape tactics and procedures.”

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Book:Five Days: The Fiery Reckoning of an American City

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“Our country has a long history, and for much of it the intentional policy of the United States was to create hierarchies of people based on their class, race, and gender.”

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Book:Five Days: The Fiery Reckoning of an American City

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“Our society's insistence on limiting help to those who "deserve it," as indicated by their status in the labor market, has a profound impact on the capacity of those living in deep poverty to escape ... we also cannot defend the inhumane debate about who are the deserving versus the undeserving poor.”

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Author:Wes Moore

“Some critics will counter that poverty is a choice made by those that are lazy or who lack the desire to change their loves for the better. I agree that poverty is a choice. But that choice is not made by the people who live under its oppressive effects. Rather, the choice is ours. It's the choice of government that represents our priorities and allocates our investments. Its a choice reinforced by the companies we patronize and the organizations we support.”

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Book:Five Days: The Fiery Reckoning of an American City

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“… the criminal justice system affects more than the men whose lives are irrevcocably changed when they encounter the system.”

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Book:Five Days: The Fiery Reckoning of an American City

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“The stigma and lifelong negative bias that results from even a fleeting encounter with the criminal justice system is absolutely life changing.”

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Book:Five Days: The Fiery Reckoning of an American City

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“(his) actions also underscore the limits of symbolic gestures toward social justice that we also often see in the world of philanthropy. We often pay homage to what needs to change and attempt half measures, but we rarely challenge our own complicity in the structural inequities.”

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Book:Five Days: The Fiery Reckoning of an American City

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“The truth is that our individual efforts are important but insufficient. Our collective action -- the leaders we elect, the institutions administered in the name of the People, the other stanchions at the table --- offers an opportunity for bigger, longer-lasting action.”

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Book:Five Days: The Fiery Reckoning of an American City

Source: Five Days: The Fiery Reckoning of an American City