J. Andrew
https://www.goodreads.com/theopholus
“Once the ubiquity of collection was combined with the permanency of storage, all any government had to do was select a person or a group to scapegoat and go searching - as I'd gone searching through the agency's files - for evidence of a suitable crime”
― Permanent Record
― Permanent Record
“Black people are apparently responsible for calming the fears of violent cops in the way women are supposedly responsible for calming the sexual desires of male rapists. If we don’t, then we are blamed for our own assaults, our own deaths.”
― How to Be an Antiracist
― How to Be an Antiracist
“Where there is evidence , no one speaks of " faith " . We do not speak of faith that two and two are four or that the earth is round . We only speak of faith when we wish to substitute emotion for evidence .”
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“Racial-group behavior is a figment of the racist’s imagination. Individual behaviors can shape the success of individuals.”
― How to Be an Antiracist
― How to Be an Antiracist
“America’s fundamental laws exist to make the job of law enforcement not easier but harder. This isn’t a bug, it’s a core feature of democracy”
― Permanent Record
― Permanent Record
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