"If we want to do more than just end mass incarcerationâ€”if we want to put an end to the history of racial caste in Americaâ€”we must lay down our racial bribes, join hands with people of all colors who are not content to wait for change to trickle down, and say to those who would stand in our way: Accept all of us or none."

Source : Michelle Alexander (2013). “The New Jim Crow: Mass Incarceration in the Age of Colorblindness”, p.258, The New Press

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