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Michelle Alexander: "Tentu saja di usia buta warna ini, saat ketika ki...

"Tentu saja di usia buta warna ini, saat ketika kita seharusnya bergerak "melampaui ras," kita sebagai bangsa akan merasa sangat tidak nyaman jika hanya orang kulit hitam yang dikirim ke penjara karena pelanggaran narkoba. Kami tampak nyaman dengan 90 persen orang yang ditangkap dan dihukum karena pelanggaran narkoba di beberapa negara bagian adalah orang Amerika-Afrika, tetapi jika jumlahnya 100 persen, selubung buta warna akan hilang."

--- Michelle Alexander

Versi Bahasa Inggris

Of course in this age of colorblindness, a time when we have supposedly moved "beyond race," we as a nation would feel very uncomfortable if only black people were sent to jail for drug offenses. We seem comfortable with 90 percent of the people arrested and convicted of drug offenses in some states being African American, but if the figure was 100 percent, the veil of colorblindness would be lost.