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The love affair between black folks and the Clintons has been going on for a long time. It began back in 1992, when Bill Clinton was running for president. He threw on some shades and played the saxophone on 'The Arsenio Hall Show.' It seems silly in retrospect, but many of us fell for that.
— Michelle Alexander
Tags: black, long, time, love

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I no longer believe that we can 'fix' the police, as though the police are anything other than a mirror reflecting back to us the true nature of our democracy.
— Michelle Alexander
Tags: believe, democracy, mirror, nature
All the old forms of discrimination, the forms of discrimination we supposedly left behind, are now perfectly legal once you've been labeled a felon.
— Michelle Alexander
Tags: behind, discrimination, legal, you
After years as a civil rights lawyer, I rarely find myself speechless.
— Michelle Alexander
Tags: find, rights, lawyer, myself
Discrimination in virtually every aspect of political, economic, and social life is now perfectly legal if you've been labeled a felon.
— Michelle Alexander
Tags: political, legal, you, life
In this country, we force millions of people - who are largely black and brown - into a permanent second-class status simply because they once committed a crime.
— Michelle Alexander
Tags: crime, country, black, people
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