Lani Guinier Quotes
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Michelle Alexander's brave and bold new book paints a haunting picture in which dreary felon garb, post-prison joblessness, and loss of voting rights now do the stigmatizing work once done by colored-only water fountains and legally segregated schools. With dazzling candor, Alexander argues that we all pay the cost of the new Jim Crow.
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In a racially divided society, majority rule is not a reliable instrument of democracy.
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As a country, we are in a state of denial about issues of race and racism. And too many of our leaders have concluded that the way to remedy racism is to simply stop talking about race.
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Most people ask questions because they want to know the answer; lawyers are trained never to ask questions unless they already know the answer.
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