im a criminal

in the story i am a criminal Michellle Alexander says "everyone is a criminal and so is she." i think that she is telling the truth and she is not telling he truth. some people may have broken the law and some people may not have broken the law before. but her main reason for writing the articles was to say "if everyone were forced to acknowledge their own criminality,maybe we, as our nation, would second-guess our apparent zeal for dying full citizenship to those branded felons." Meaning that if people that have been caught doing a crime and got locked up then, got out of jail then they shouldn't be treated like second-class citizens they should be treated like first class. Also if every one is a criminal then everyone should be looked as a second class citizen. If thats the case then i shold be a second class citizen because i stole from a corner store but i didn't get caught.