“By and large, the poor do not want some small life. They don't want to game the system or eke out an existence; they want to thrive and contribute.”
― Evicted: Poverty and Profit in the American City
― Evicted: Poverty and Profit in the American City
“No moral code or ethical principle, no piece of scripture or holy teaching, can be summoned to defend what we have allowed our country to become.”
― Evicted: Poverty and Profit in the American City
― Evicted: Poverty and Profit in the American City
“If incarceration had come to define the lives of men from impoverished black neighborhoods, eviction was shaping the lives of women. Poor black men were locked up. Poor black women were locked out.”
― Evicted: Poverty and Profit in the American City
― Evicted: Poverty and Profit in the American City
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