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“Congress enforced the abolition of slavery by passing a Civil Rights Act, prohibiting actions that it deemed perpetuated the characteristics of slavery. Actions that made African Americans second-class citizens, such as racial discrimination in housing, were included in the ban.”
― Richard Rothstein, The Color of Law: A Forgotten History of How Our Government Segregated America

“This shifting of terminology should not distract us from this underlying truth: We have created a caste system in this country, with African Americans kept exploited and geographically separate by racially explicit government policies. Although most of these policies are now off the books, they have never been remedied and their effects endure.”
― Richard Rothstein, The Color of Law: A Forgotten History of How Our Government Segregated America

“It’s because I’m a product of this country and I’m just as susceptible to the narrative that fetishizes and erases Asian Americans as anybody else.”
― Ijeoma Oluo, So You Want to Talk About Race

“When we use only the first definition of racism, as any prejudice against someone based on race, we inaccurately reduce issues of race in America to a battle for the hearts and minds of individual racists—instead of seeing racists, racist behaviors, and racial oppression as part of a larger system.”
― Ijeoma Oluo, So You Want to Talk About Race