Our entire lives, we’re inundated with media and messaging that tells us that to be incarcerated is to be criminal and to be criminal is to be a bad person. Clint Smith Read Quote
Empathy should not be contingent on our proximity to suffering or the likelihood of it happening to us. Rather, it should stem from a disdain that suffering is happening at all. Clint Smith Read Quote
I want to live in a world where my son will not be presumed guilty the moment he is born, where a toy in his hand isn’t mistaken for anything other than a toy. Clint Smith Read Quote
The most important and brave thing someone can do, I think, in the face of dehumanization, is to continue to assert their humanity. Clint Smith Read Quote
Education is a human right – a recognition of dignity that each person should be afforded. Clint Smith Read Quote
This idea of shared humanity and the connections that we make with one another – that’s what, in fact, makes life worth living. Clint Smith Read Quote
