mass-incarceration

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300c74e	It becomes more and more difficult to avoid the idea of black men as subjects of not just racial profiling but of an insidious form of racial obliteration sanctioned by silence.	darren-hunt demographics-of-united-states eric-garner human-rights-day humanity kajieme-powell killing-of-black-men-in-america mass-incarceration michael-brown post-racial-america prison-reform race-and-racism-in-america race-relations racial-profiling tamir-rice trayvon-martin troy-anthony-davis	Aberjhani
a552d06	The issue, perhaps, boils down to one of how perceptions or misperceptions of racial difference impact various individuals', or groups of individuals', experience of freedom in America. Some would argue that it goes beyond hampering their 'pursuit of happiness' to outright obliterating it.	democracy demographics-of-united-states diversity equality eric-garner freedom george-zimmerman happiness human-rights-day justice kajieme-powell killing-of-black-men-in-america mass-incarceration michael-brown new-jim-crow pursuit-of-happiness race-and-racism-in-america racial-demographics racial-discrimination racism tamir-rice trayvon-martin troy-anthony-davis	Aberjhani
43e62d8	There are hundreds of political prisoners right now in America's jails who were so taken by Malcolm [X's} spirit that they became warriors and the powers that be understood them as warriors. They knew that a lot of these other middle-class [black] leaders were not warriors; they were professionals; they were careerists. But these warriors had callings, and they have paid an incalculable and immeasurable price in those cells.	african-american-men african-americans black-history-month black-leadership black-liberation-movement black-middle-class black-prophets black-revolutionaries careerists conscientious-objection freedom-fighters industrial-prison-complex leadership malcolm-x martyrs mass-incarceration political-advocacy political-philosophy political-prisoners prison-reform racial-discrimination racism warriors	Cornel West

300c74e

It becomes more and more difficult to avoid the idea of black men as subjects of not just racial profiling but of an insidious form of racial obliteration sanctioned by silence.

darren-hunt demographics-of-united-states eric-garner human-rights-day humanity kajieme-powell killing-of-black-men-in-america mass-incarceration michael-brown post-racial-america prison-reform race-and-racism-in-america race-relations racial-profiling tamir-rice trayvon-martin troy-anthony-davis

Aberjhani

a552d06

The issue, perhaps, boils down to one of how perceptions or misperceptions of racial difference impact various individuals', or groups of individuals', experience of freedom in America. Some would argue that it goes beyond hampering their 'pursuit of happiness' to outright obliterating it.

democracy demographics-of-united-states diversity equality eric-garner freedom george-zimmerman happiness human-rights-day justice kajieme-powell killing-of-black-men-in-america mass-incarceration michael-brown new-jim-crow pursuit-of-happiness race-and-racism-in-america racial-demographics racial-discrimination racism tamir-rice trayvon-martin troy-anthony-davis

Aberjhani

43e62d8

There are hundreds of political prisoners right now in America's jails who were so taken by Malcolm [X's} spirit that they became warriors and the powers that be understood them as warriors. They knew that a lot of these other middle-class [black] leaders were not warriors; they were professionals; they were careerists. But these warriors had callings, and they have paid an incalculable and immeasurable price in those cells.

african-american-men african-americans black-history-month black-leadership black-liberation-movement black-middle-class black-prophets black-revolutionaries careerists conscientious-objection freedom-fighters industrial-prison-complex leadership malcolm-x martyrs mass-incarceration political-advocacy political-philosophy political-prisoners prison-reform racial-discrimination racism warriors

Cornel West