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  • SoulOnIceSoulOnIce 13,027 Posts
    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.

  • edpowersedpowers 4,437 Posts
    Jesus Christ.

  • Jesus Christ.

    Welcome to the end of the thread. How was it? Was it all that you expected and more?
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