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Michelle Alexander

“Rather than shaming and condemning an already deeply stigmatized group, we, collectively, can embrace them – not necessarily their behavior, but them – their humanness. As the saying goes, ‘you gotta hate the crime, but love the criminal.’ This is not a mere platitude; it is a prescription for liberation.”

Michelle Alexander, The New Jim Crow: Mass Incarceration in the Age of Colorblindness
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