Also, on a subject broached in this thread that is somewhat off-topic but very relevant to the deeper point of institutional racism - many people I know, including many so-called liberals, are completely in support of denying convicts and ex-felons voting rights. In fact, a great many people are instantly and deeply dismissive of anyone who has served time. Is it really so hard for people to understand that a society that relies on an imbalanced justice system where black men are sent to prison at an alarmingly higher rate than whites and non-blacks is systematically disempowering an entire segment of the population, based upon race? What influence in society can generation after generation of millions of black men stamped as convicts or felons have? I'm sure someone will throw stats and numbers at me claiming the unbalanced justice system to be a myth, but fuck that - we all know and see everyday young white men walking away from drug charges and violent crimes, while our prisons are filled with black men charged with the same things. I will say that it falls along economic lines, as well - that poor whites are far more likely to serve time than their rich uncle ... but this case highlights exactly how this justice system at best fails and at worse is deliberately destroying an entire generation of people.
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off-topic but very relevant to the deeper point of institutional
racism - many people I know, including many so-called liberals, are
completely in support of denying convicts and ex-felons voting rights.
In fact, a great many people are instantly and deeply dismissive of
anyone who has served time. Is it really so hard for people to understand
that a society that relies on an imbalanced justice system where black
men are sent to prison at an alarmingly higher rate than whites and
non-blacks is systematically disempowering an entire segment of the
population, based upon race? What influence in society can generation
after generation of millions of black men stamped as convicts or felons
have? I'm sure someone will throw stats and numbers at me claiming the
unbalanced justice system to be a myth, but fuck that - we all know and
see everyday young white men walking away from drug charges and violent
crimes, while our prisons are filled with black men charged with the same
things. I will say that it falls along economic lines, as well - that
poor whites are far more likely to serve time than their rich uncle ...
but this case highlights exactly how this justice system at best fails
and at worse is deliberately destroying an entire generation of people.
Welcome to the end of the thread. How was it? Was it all that you expected and more?