Michelle Alexander on "The New Jim Crow: Mass Incarceration in the Age of Colorblindness"

A new book by legal scholar and civil rights advocate Michelle Alexander argues that although Jim Crow laws have been eliminated, the racial caste system it set up was not eradicated. Its simply been redesigned, and now racial control functions through the criminal justice system. [includes rush transcript]

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[jackbrightside]

fuck conservatives

[atlien991]

I don't think ppl are getting what she is saying. Obama's election means nothing. And I do mean nothing. We are in a state not unlike Jim Crow while most of the white Left is focused on saving turtles or pretending that the plight of middle class white women is more politically urgent than that of this underCASTE Alexander reports on.

We are in serious trouble if the Left of this country doesn't pull its head out of its ass. And quick.

[Revolutionary36]

@polidic Your missing the point though. When it was just a "people of color" only "problem" other communities (especially the white community) seemed not to care and dismissed it as black people "complaining". Now that the problems that African Americans have been raising for years while people ignored because it didn't come to their doorstep yet now all of a sudden want to make it an "us vs. them" scenario when it was always that way with our communities.

[Revolutionary36]

@calroach1 No matter what you say to many people, they are just not educated enough on how racism works. If the Klan isn't burning a cross in someones yard or being called the n-word out loud, many people will think racism no longer exist.

[Mrgeedapoet]

crystal meth is a growing menace, that doesn't get the same stigma attached to it that crack cocaine has, while it is just as if not more dangerous; not only being highly addictive, but also a danger to produce, fire hazards and chemical contamination of the manufacturing sights, yet it does not have the same imagery, nor penalty as crack

[calroach1]

@MrEthoma, there are three types of racist, the uninformed, you can give them the information and hope that they are able to come to grips with the truth, the insecure racist who thinks that their way of life is threatened by the gains of minorities and the insane racist, that no matter what information you give them they will remain racist. Which one are you?

[MrEthoma]

It doesnt matter what other people, do, blieve or say. It matters what I do, believe and say. God isnt going to want to hear me complaining about what others have done. He wants to know what I do, believe, and say.

[keybobrob]

@MrEthoma the same day whites do. any other questions? Lol

[MrEthoma]

When are blacks going to take responsiblity and stop blaming others?

[ChristiansMustLearn]

She should support Ron Paul

[matcotech]

@berettaman092 If police used their undercover militia on Wall Street and the suburbs, they would find more dealers than in poor black communities. They simply won't because the rich have layers and political access. It's far more expedient to convict blacks in our "justice system" than whites, particularly wealthy individuals. The motive for all of this is profit, Calling people dumbasses doesn't make you right.