American+Pariahs

"This woman has brought shame upon us all, and ought to die." (49)  The Scarlett Letter by Nathaniel Hawthorne

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http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QV2Ym5sBAwM Nobody Knows the Trouble I've Seen by Louis Armstrong

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It might be lonelier Without the Loneliness- I'm so accustomed to my Fate- Perhaps the Other- Peace- Would interrupt the Dark- And crown the little Room- Too scant- by cubits- to contain The sacrament- of Him- I am not used to Hope- It might intrude upon- Its sweet parade- blaspheme the place- Ordained to Suffering- It might be easier To fail- with Land in Sight- Than gain- My Blue Peninsula- To Perish- of Delight-

By Emily Dickinson

“The women, of whom there were several in the crowd, appeared to take a peculiar interest in whatever penal infliction might be expected to ensue.” (48) The Scarlett Letter by Nathaniel Hawthorne

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"The Negro has lost even the ownership of his own body and cannot dispose of his own person without committing a sort of larceny." (318)  Alexis de Tocqueville-Democracy in America

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"Today mass incarceration defines the meaning of blackness in America: Black people, especially black men, are criminals. That is what it means to be black." Michelle Alexander- The New Jim Crow

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“People get so caught up in trying to fix the person that they don't see the great diversity and benefits that the person has to bring to the rest of the world."  Alison Seylor, Mother of an Autistic Boy, Jan 3 2001.