The New Jim Crow: Mass Incarceration in the Age of Colorblindness

Professor Michelle Alexander discusses the systematic incarceration of African American males and how it authorizes discrimination after their release. This program was recorded by Chicago Access Network Television (CAN TV). To purchase a DVD, contact CAN TV's Community Partners at [phone] or at [e-mail].

[@2ndclascitzen]

Ms. Alexander’s humility is out the roof! She is wise and humbled by her own ignorance: She easily admits her short comings only to help expose many of us who live in altered states of consciousness. The definition of truth and openness is what she embodies... The world would be a better place if we all would just be a little more honest with ourselves.

[@tctctctc4]

The point is...even if you actually did do the crime, doing the time is never enough. You pay back your debt to society? The Federal Govt denies you the right to be a citizen, even the right to survive, once you leave prison. It's inhumane and ungodly policy.

[@trentriver]

Brilliant lecture but very sad state of affairs.

[@Adam19842]

I agree with everything she says. The fact that the label of "convicted felon" is on people till the day they die is another reason why the prison population has skyrocketed. What do you all expect if people are legally discriminated against from a job because of having a conviction on their record, what other choices does that person have?

[@Anthony11qq]

I've said it before, and, will say it again. This is a remarkable women. Spread your wings and fly sister. We love you. Let these haters hate and you continue to educate!

[@amasonga]

I support M.Alexander! A great Black American women speaking the truth about the system of incarceration.

[@itaska86405]

Wow, she is so intelligent. I hope to be like her.

[@katherinc]

My son and I are experiencing this right now in East Feliciana Parish, Louisiana. Neither one of us had criminal records and done no crime, victims of a malicious prosecutor, and a corrupt court. I was convicted because I reported the D A for false arrest, when I was falsely arrested and jailed after stopping pay on an overpaid paid check to a bad unlicensed contractor (Ms) in the aftermath of Katrina. There was no prior investigation. I was maliciously convicted, and so was my 17 yr. old son.

[@twoking10]

More than mature... uh, let me refresh your memory. This started with a question from me when I thought there was a reasonably good chance you were kidding when you said that prejudice and discrimination are not racist if it's against white. You immediately came back with, "I'm definitely not about to educate you on shit! " I didn't have to add the exclamation point. I was so thrilled you condescendingly thought I needed to be "educated."

[@foreheadboy]

I love this woman.

[@jasonmcwhorter7019]

That's why we have to educate ourselves so we can get in those positions in the system to make a change

[@jasonmcwhorter7019]

Diversity is the key

[@xAllisOnex]

I like the way you think!

[@aljohnson1836]

I bet all of you who are making negative comments, didn't listen to the entire video. Be objective!!!

[@twoking10]

So, what is the answer to the question... What discriminatory practices against whites do you feel is not racist?

[@LordOfTheTombs]

You could find it in digital form. Just google New Jim Crow PDF.

[@twoking10]

Let me see if I can explain this in a way you could understand (probably). Simply saying various, "articles, books, etc," doesn't point anyone anywhere. Moreover, I find it incredulous how often people get so immaturely vitriolic just because someone disagrees with them. If you wanted to prove your point, a reasonably good start might have been just having an intellectually honest discussion.

[@katherinc]

Gotcha! makes a lot of sense.

[@REPENT974]

Thank you! Powerful message!

[@calmnrelaxed]

Jay Z had a line in a song, "I do this for my culture To let 'em know what a n***a look like...when a n***a in a roaster Show 'em how to move in a room full 'o vultures"....every time I she her, that line comes to my mind...She sexy, she smart, she's patient with her argument and she's focused enough ,capable enough to cast a wide net when people try and take the argument in ways that make us look bad and she pulls them back on course with ease and grace. Beautiful to watch her work flow....

[@dannybrazen]

thats possibly one of the most patronising sentences i've ever read! especially that the FIRST thing you commented on was how sexy she is. yeah, im sure she's pursuing her career to appear sexy, not the fact that she's an accomplished lawyer or anything. ignorance breeds ignorance. i'm a white male and what you wrote above is beyond laughable ...more uncomfortable. maybe it wasn't intentional, but perhaps think what you write next time?

[@calmnrelaxed]

Well you youtube troller critic white guy... FIRST, i find it laughable that you feel the need to let me know that you are white (as if that some how qualifies you to dispense what's right)...your arrogance and self righteousness offends me...so let me now educate you on something (that should have been apparent, but it must not be to you)...she is sexy and smart (the type, if she were single and if i were too, that if i could meet i would try to get to know. Now, whether she was a lawyer or a bus driver or a teacher or an EX-FELON; it would not deter me...kind of what her over arching point is..that some people are seen as a second class citizen and there relegated to walks of life )...see mr. White guy, her social status had nothing to do with my statement...She's just a sexy...pretty, attractive, nice looking, (etc) woman..and, she highly intelligent well able to deal with fools like you and if i somehow offended her (by my statement of attraction toward her, well able to let me know, with out being arrogant and/or self righteous...lesson over...oh, one last thing, maybe you follow me and i'll help you broaden your views, so your not so self righteous

[@dannybrazen]

haha, yeah keep justifying your impossibly ridiculous statement. im sure if "she was a lawyer or a bus driver or a teacher or an EX-FELON", you'd still be all over her like a bad rash. my point was, she's not trying to impress people like you, yet your comments above have clearly let us all know that she has raised herself (y'know, by being so sexy as she is and all) to the levels of being able to maybe one day win you over ...if you were feeling so inclined ...on that particular day ...perhaps. and i only made the remark about being a white male to highlight the fact that i'm neither black, nor a woman, yet your comments still oozed poor judgement even to someone that has never walked one step in her shoes.

[@calmnrelaxed]

You sound like the people she's talking about..and furthermore, i have no need to justify any thing to you ...I was simply trying to educate the ignorant (and the Over Privileged) .... but be that as it may, my real issue with you and people like you, is I find it difficult for white people (you are white, cause you felt the need to tell me so, even though there was no frame of reference in the conversation to do so...you just felt it was necessary to interject your "WHITENESS" into the conversation. Like it was a "Black Card, or like it was some kind of "end of conversation" , "the White man has spoken" "My White point of view of things is all that's relevant" kind of way...So you felt justified in telling me how to behave right, without thinking, you are the kind of person she's talking about...irony, huh Mr. WhiteGuy...but the truth is, you have no monopoly on what's right and you'd be better off addressing the issues in your own life than to step out and try to sweep around my porch. Hey, but once you have your mess together, then come holla at me about mine..but until then, sit back, be quiet and learn how grown people interact with one another...(lesson 1) If we (grown people) find other (grown people) attractive, sometimes we express that..since you seem to be deficient in that area... Here's a homework assignment for you...1st, look at her, is attractive to you? if so, find a way to say it in a non-Whiteness kind of way (50 word or less)...In your response, I expect for you to address the following: Do you see her? I mean as a person (not in a "Color or Gender blindness way, I mean as a woman)...Then answer, "Is she attractive to you or not?" ...Until you can address that, go troll someplace else, or the next time we talk, I won't be so nice, I'll have to treat you like the disobedient little over privilege white guy that you are...

[@dannybrazen]

umm, did you even read my last sentence? seems like you didn't. i'll start over for you. i mentioned im a white male to emphasize the fact that despite the having neither of these traits in common with the woman speaking, you still come off like a slobbering moron who talks about how sexy she is EVEN BEFORE, i dunno, applauding her cause, her reasoning, her fortitude, or perhaps the sheer fucking balls it takes to do what she does? and the fact you justified it by saying you didnt even care if she was an ex-felon, as if thats some kind of code of valour?! thats like saying "yeah maybe, that olympic athlete didn't win the gold, but damn she looks hot in those little shorts, she's good enough for me".

[@twoking10]

So, specifically, what discriminatory practices against whites are you referring to that you believe is NOT racist?

[@midnitedawn]

her book is on my list

[@braggs619]

good vid

[@Anthony11qq]

I'm so glad I could help. A laugh per day you "no" ..... get it? keeps the doctor away. Plus, I've always believed it wiser to make a Guerrilla in my midst smile opposed to upsetting him. (smile)

[@VMA225]

I'm Asking The Questions !!! Butt Out !!!

[@sweets6738]

"If history teaches us anything, it's that when people of color, any oppressed people, come together for our own liberation we are unstoppable" Love it, so very true. It starts with being conscious.

[@jacksonjackson2914]

Criminals nothing but criminals and you're going to pay the price

[@jaybee60s2]

she telling the divine truth...but the question is we all see and know what their doing....how do we combat this???

[@bander9]

How are we going to unite, if all we do is fight? Lose the ego, it ain't about me or you, it's about the next generation. We either bury our differences or they'll bury all of us.

[@Liieszy]

have you read her book?

[@GearsinMotionGraphics]

Good! source of info, love her for this, now I have to buy the book!

[@twoking10]

(2of2)Discrimination is pro-active, and racist when it's directed at someone's skin color, which is what you were suggesting. Prejudice is still racism regardless of whether it is pro-actively oppressive. And btw, how is discrimination based on skin color (what you suggested) not "oppressive?" Also, exactly what discrimination against whites were YOU referring to? That was how this discussion started, when you said that prejudice and discrimination against whites isn't racism.

[@steve220ful]

If my Black brothers would stop doing the stupid things to get locked up then they would not have to worry about the incarceration rate. We are always whining.

[@Anthony11qq]

Oops.... I see your point. Would you believe I meant I felt she was so much "woman" that she should be addressed in the plural? Oh well it was worth a shot.

[@supremelysexy]

@RennyGd I agree with you, but I can personally share with you that there are a lot of people who've been wrongly persecuted and have not done any crime at all. I believe her because this has happened to me personally. Have you ever considered what your life might be like if you were ever unfairly targeted whether by an former friend, enemy or the law in general and you couldn't afford an atty, so you get a public defender, who's main job is a conviction for the courts?

[@disf5178]

I was 12 or 13 when crack hit the sf bay.. im from sf. Lived in the western addition (fillmoe) All of a sudden all the kids were talking about "hubbas".. "hubbas for your trubbas" The hood was 1 big spot. It was blatant. Out in the open. No shame, no sense of keeping it on the under. Smokers out in the open. Sales out in the open. Lots of my black friends were getting caught/locked up. Because they were selling crack. Only the really discreet kept from that fate. Wonder if that's a factor? I saw it. I didn't imagine it. It wasn't through "racist tinted glasses" Wish she talked about that side, too.

[@Unprotected1232]

To deny any issue concerning race is the worst type of racism one can imagine. Not only is no one listening, but they instinctively yet unintentionally dismiss your claims on the shallow grounds of a presidency deemed by most to be failing. (though I must emphasise people have come to dislike Obama for their OWN POLITICAL BIASES. I personally would put it on surveillance, dubious secretive trade agreements and the crackdown on dissent amongst whistle-blowers.)

[@7clovers008]

God save this Black Queen.

[@supercellblockcop1]

Yes she is , shes very beautiful inside and out !

[@tombryant52jumpscoach]

Thank God for a real issue that no one has been able to solve. Therefore can be hijacked. What came first, the chicken or the egg? Beware the sound of one hand clapping.

[@PetsNPatients]

It's about time systemic change be rooted, as it involves all elements of the population in this rainbow world including, disadvantaged and disabled as well. The human elements connect us and affect us all if we turn away.

[@andersonfowler2440]

Imani Vietnam Combat Vet B1 PowerNomics DFW2 ❤️

[@richardp.3421]

Prison is big business. So much free labor in prisons. Headed by big wallstreet investors. They even lobby for longer sentences for more production

[@gritNglitter301]

You are correct it's called "warehousing" offenders

[@shamarone]

you are both correct, the term you seek was coined back in the 60's and because all of us have spent the past 50 years sleeping (zzzZZZ) it's now more applicable today than ever. see entry for "The Prison Industrial Complex".

[@Parasmunt]

I was reading there that in one state prison officers were lobbying the state not to decriminalise Marijuana usage, because there is more money in it for them if more people are in jail for smoking weed. It is shocking that a question of a person's freedom should be decided based on a simple profit motive. When they use the word slavery they aren't kidding.

[@marlak4253]

Although prisoners provide free labor, I believe the financial rewards of mass incarceration are mostly the per diem rates paid to states and individual facilities by the federal government and that states pay to their secure facilities. Our tax dollars are paying for the re-invention of racial caste, the systemic destruction of African American men and boys through the U. S. Criminal Justice System. Michelle Alexander is so articulate and on point on all the issues affecting African Americans who have been victimized by U. S. Criminal Justice systems. Thank you so very much Michelle. Your work has and continues to further the cause of racial justice. Thank you.

[@realisrealite5554]

Its not all about labor.In Texas offenders don't have to work if they don't want.Its all about locking up black and brown people.After they get out its okay to keep them unemployed,can't own firearms and if they're on parole good luck.

[@Kramer4Krimit4]

lets play the game of find the deliberate legal loophole. AMENDMENT XIII - Passed by Congress January 31, 1865. Ratified December 6, 1865. Note: A portion of Article IV, section 2, of the Constitution was superseded by the 13th amendment. Section 1. Neither slavery nor involuntary servitude, except as a punishment for crime whereof the party shall have been duly convicted, shall exist within the United States, or any place subject to their jurisdiction.

[@danielhurt9214]

17:45 Facts!

[@nicolebarnett4452]

This is eye opening.

[@DCorganic]

this sistah is rite on

[@centjackson93]

i got the book. but just have not put aside time to read it. however the way she goes in deep on the system and how it affecting black people is an eye-opener

[@twoking10]

Jim Crow, Japanese internment camps, etc. have nothing to do with what WE were discussing. My point was that prejudice and discrimination ARE symptoms of racism, you said it wasn't. I find that laughable.

[@RennyGd]

Well, as your very 1st viewer and commentator I say,"if you can't do the time, don't do the crime". I do agree that the drug laws suck. If you're a non-violent person, incarcerated for a miner drug crime, you should not be spending time in prison.

[@blacksncommercials]

@lawrence9333 You first!

[@twoking10]

(part2of2)You don't believe that about yourself. Then you were trying to attribute that attitude to me. That was a straw man argument. I said you had double standards and I even said you were racist for thinking that discrimination against whites isn't racism. But I didn't attack YOUR race.

[@FirebrandCentral1]

She is one, fine sista.

[@GeeLove]

I love this sister. She is a wealth of knowledge and refuses to sellout or give up. A soldier.

[@2ndclascitzen]

The last shall be first... don't be suprised, open your eye's and reflect the light in every dark corner of life that you personally encounter. We look different therefore we get treated differently; but in the harts of so many is love and forgiveness for they not know the evil that they do! Vengeance is the LORDS.'

[@lamborger]

Wow. Very well researched and very well organized. I'm a sociology major and Alexander's book is very hot in the department right now. I will be checking it out for sure this summer.

[@GearsinMotionGraphics]

@LordoftheTombs, Thanks man! Glad to see brothers look'in out for answers.

[@pitbullmanish]

conditions are created for Black males to be limited in choices

[@MachinateTDK]

Where have u been all of my life dear Queen of my Nile? May the Heavens bless u!!

[@aicirtapsmmas82]

It's a diabolical system.

[@jacksonjackson2914]

Blame everybody but the parents and yourself that's the way to go the world's laughing at you lady and the criminals that are backing you up

[@realisrealite5554]

Its written in the 14th amendment slavery is constitutionally legal in 2022.

[@twoking10]

Moreover, I never said I was interested in messaging much less getting referred to an article or even whole BOOKS on the subject. You can have this discussion right here and in your own words, just because I give you credit for having enough intelligence to do that. So, let's try again... What discriminatory practices against whites do you feel is NOT racist?

[@blacksncommercials]

@lawrence9333 Did you buy the book? I did, stop pointing fingers and take a stand!!

[@cigpapers]

Yes I did hear about your mother.

[@xAllisOnex]

*who

[@slick1hit]

Her husband is a lucky man!

[@xAllisOnex]

anti-white = racism? thanks for the laugh. keep 'em coming!

[@VMA225]

WTF; Over ???

[@aicirtapsmmas82]

come on, let us deal wisely with them; lest they multiply, and it come to pass, that, when there falleth out any war, they join also unto our enemies, and fight against us, and so get them up out of the land. Therefore they did set over them taskmasters to afflict them with their burdens. And they built for Pharaoh treasure cities, Pithom and Raamses. But the more they afflicted them, the more they multiplied and grew. And they were grieved because of the children of Israel (Israelites). Exodus 1:10‭-‬12 KJV What's new is old. What's old is new (in this new Egypt).

[@jacksonjackson2914]

raise your kids and keep your daddies and then you will stop the incarceration teach your children had to act like human beings and they will not be incarcerated and they will not be shot teach them respect to respect everyone but first they must respect theirselves something none of you do

[@trainsacomin2088]

Colorblindness in the age of mass incarceration

[@lictor313]

Most of the tribes you mention have been conquered by european powers .... and some cases reflect this... namely the Nama tribe... but still Namibia, Nigeria and other such countries depsite the ethno linguistic diversity which is grand... is racially black... exhibiting trifling differences.

[@blacksncommercials]

@NatTurnerIsAlive How about stop allowing thugs to run all over our communities? I say snitch away or deal with it in-house, but it must be dealt with.

[@lictor313]

jealous of? what exactly? anyways... and no, I read the very same paper that claims that skin pigment in sub saharan africa is more varied... its true... but the variation is not light to dark ... but different shades of dark... for instance the Dinka tribesmen are nearly blue dark... the Nuer ppl exhibit different skin tone as well... but are quite dark. there are no genetically native sub saharan africans that are coming out with light skin or red hair... unless albinism is involved.

[@euge631]

Brilliant Woman thanks Ms. Alexander. May the Creator keep guiding you Sista because your fight is for the people of color.

[@blacksncommercials]

@NatTurnerIsAlive True, but why do you always place the blame on the black woman? It takes two to make a child, but only the mother should be blamed for the problems with the child?

[@cigpapers]

Vote British National Party!

[@lictor313]

unmixed? the Fulani are a nomadic tribe that was conquered by north african and Arab caliphates and are spread out about the continent... they are as mixed racially as sub sharan africans get... but still any rudimentary research on google will show very dark skin and possibly only slight north african and arabic admixture... the overwhleming majority (99%) are black/dark. Btw my uncle works for an agrarian canadian company that has contracts in burkina faso.. I visited Diedougou and Ouagadougou

[@englila]

Bravo Sister Michelle! You and Joy Degruy need to get together. I'm loving yall right now :-)

[@NiceOrion]

See www prisonpolicy org/scans/racism pdf

[@twoking10]

(part1of2)You didn't present an example of racism, you gave an example of what it wasn't in your opinion (that prejudice and discrimination against whites isn't racism). Racism doesn't have to something pro-active, it CAN be. Prejudice isn't innately pro-active, no one would seriously contend that it isn't innately racism just because there may be no active "oppression" involved.

[@CheckMate657879]

The first part of your argument is addressed in the video. Still, selecting a few successful people doesn't mean there isn't a new Jim Crow. As Professor Alexander pointed out, there have always been successful Blacks, even during slavery. Does that in any way JUSTIFY, or rationalize, injustice, rank discrimination, and blatant inequality - somehow make it right - simply because we can point to a few people, comparatively, and say those few have achieved success? You've got to be kidding!

[@englila]

@NatTurnerIsAlive you aint no nat turner-THAT FOR SURE! Change your name to Pilsbury

[@katherinc]

why will I need it? Let me guess, Is this what the U S is coming to?

[@edamnaf9265]

Here's an idea...tell your kids not to commit crimes and they won't get incarcerated.. Astonishing I know.

[@Liieszy]

you can be puerto ricain and african american :s

[@supremelysexy]

emplyment discrimination....yeah!!!! been there done that, and yes, for a crime I didn't commit and got the proof, and a dismissal, but public record research is a blip, not a narrative.

[@dannybrazen]

such a shame that all the rappers preaching and glomourising "thug life" are undoing her hard work. if only they watched a few youtube videos

[@calmnrelaxed]

dannybrazen What's a shame is people like you, who created and refuse to clean up the mess that is racism...In some regards, you are worst than the Klan..at least we know where we stand with them...not, you and your type...you envelop yourself in your Whiteness and act like you don't...and every chance you get to moralize and tell black people and black culture how wrong we are (like you are doing us a favor) you do, and how we have to behave (in order to get along with you, you do)...it is you and the way you think, then talk and act, that is undoing her hard work..mr. i'm a white male...

[@dannybrazen]

i am no racist. there, im afraid, you are forcing words to labour a point. racism was and is a fucking ugly mess. in case you have COMPLETELY misunderstood everything i have said in this entire fracas, i was speaking about sexism. i mentioned being a white male to try and remove myself from the argument of the ridiculous way you spoke about the above woman. the points she was making were about racism, the remarks you were making were horrifyingly sexist and im truly surprised you cant see it - or is sexism not as bad a racism to you? i said im a white male because I AM NOT BLACK AND I AM NOT A WOMAN, so i'm trying to speak from a standpoint that has no bearing on her viewpoint. its as if your entire aggression is aimed at white people for belittling the cause, but you still like a pretty girl in a pretty dress just for being so pretty. can you genuinely not see the absolute hypocrisy in that? but hey, if shes got a fine ass, then even better right?

[@dannybrazen]

but anyhoo, im off to bed. i think i live in a different timezone to you. speak to you tomorrow sweetcheeks

[@calmnrelaxed]

Obviously you have a limited understand of what the word "Sexism" means...you should Google it, or go look it up in a dictionary...Trying to equate me calling her sexy with sexism requires that you ignore what the word means...I mean, I could call you black, or a female, but how we define those terms would testify against me...I could be stubborn and continue to fight, but eventually, I'd be fighting alone...Some what like where this is headed...You can continue to tilt at windmills if you so choice too...or you can leave your imaginary land where being a "white male" means you get to define what's right (to include black culture and black expression)...

[@dannybrazen]

unbelievable. yeah keep trying to justify your ridiculous original comments. just imagine for example you were that woman's dad, or mother, or any other loved one for that matter, and she had just poured her heart out on stage in a heartfelt speech on equality, and you heard some moron declare "she sexy" ...at all, but especially even before mentioning ANY other factor of the speech. if that person were in the room when you said that, you'd be knocked on your ass! its bullshit arguments like yours that piss me off. i'm no racist i promise you that, but if we ALL genuinely want equality, you have to stow that shit. just imagine if you were at work and a female colleague made a speech, and you topped it off with "she sexy", you'd be in an industrial tribunal faster than you could dare to apologise! yeah, but as you say, i don't know what sexism is. seems like you do

[@christiancarter255]

I was in prison for six years, and I agree with her.

[@yvonnenelson1759]

on bai today thurs day , there were 2 femails discussing racism , a comment was made that there were sine's saying no irish and no doge ,alto that may sound bad , but if any one know the history about the Irish , in bitten the English did not put them out for nothing , I live there there was non stop crime murder rape kidnapping , any crime one can think of , there were put in Australia , only the worst criminals were allow to go there , wen the irish first came to this country , there were free blacks working on ships and other skill jobs , the Irish stone all of them to death , they hah that on channel 13 ., this police dept. started because of them paddy wagon were name after them , there were slave catchers , bur that was different , they have never stop killing black people since they came to this country , if one looks at the name and faces of those cops that is doing the shooting is the Irish and Italian , this gang of ny never stop. I I do not know the person name that was speaking , but please pass this on . every one wants to come and lean on the black the jewie the gays and what do we get out of it , we have to learn to stand by howler self that dose not means hating other people , we are the ones getting kill the problem lies with the white people they have the killers in there meds , now we have to defend howler self from them , the irish in Britten never stop making trouble , the English have a saying if you want to start trouble send for the irish , they are the maim problem in this country and around the world some white people will be honest enough to tell you

[@twoking10]

Sorry, I guess I needed a part 3. I just want to make sure I understand your position on this... your suggesting that ill feelings towards someone based on there skin color, such as PREJUDICE, isn't racism unless it's pro-actively oppressive???

[@easmachine]

Most aren't locked up for mayhem or murder but for non violent drug crimes. What is thug life to you and why is it good to lock them up and not bikers or militia men or slackers or any other life style that free people choose as long as it doesn't hurt anyone else?

[@LLK7962]

@jaybee60s....we start with our so called black political leaders that continue to sit by allowing this to happen, selling us out to line their pockets also. We start with our churches, there are more in our community than any other community & ensure that the so called mission society in our church have training programs: HVAC, LPN, Eletrician, etc...these training programs can & should take place in our churches. We need to be proactive & not reactive.

[@jonathanengel986]

1. a belief or doctrine that inherent differences among the various human races determine cultural or individual achievement, usually involving the idea that one's own race is superior and has the right to rule others. 2. a policy, system of government, etc., based upon or fostering such a doctrine; discrimination. 3. hatred or intolerance of another race or other races. I don't think you understand what racism means, hopefully this clears it up. Also, you are ignorant.

[@twoking10]

No, I stand corrected, you said prejudice and discrimination were not racism IF it's against whites. Not only is that laughable, it's a double standard. It's the kind of thing someone believes because it's what they WANT to believe. It's just a rationalization for your own... racism.

[@lictor313]

so in short, only "Asians" and "Northern Europeans" share common ancestors. and a common link with pre human anthropoids namely the very successful Cro Magnon man and Neanderthals. As for "blacks being beautiful" i'll just leave you to be the judge of that with this statistic: at least 70% of black women are single and are the most celibate group in Europe and America. 4 times as celibate as white women (depsite them being more "church going" and having more pregnancies) (lol oprah said it")

[@tctctctc4]

Dont have any children....please.

[@twoking10]

I hope your being facetious with that comment. So, prejudice and discrimination explicitly AGAINST WHITES isn't racist??? I hope you are kidding.

[@lictor313]

she looks puerto ricain... she clearly is not black... perhaps a mulatta....

[@davidericjohns9568]

Regarding the tail end of sentencing, I think you are doing a disservice by only believing this is a race related problem. This impacts all of us. There is no reason to keep punishing people after they serve the sentence and clear parole. No matter the crime, no one should do extra time. People should be able to vote, get student loans, obtain firearms, etc. everything, should completely go to “normal.” The whole system is BS. I understand it might more greatly impact non-whites only due to sheer numbers, however, if we adopted the perspective the impact is on every one of us, this would get the required traction. I agree with you the system more heavily targets non-whites to front load. In thinking this through, this is most likely caused by the cycle we created. Connect with me through Sajad H if you want to speak further.

[@lictor313]

she isn't black... and its hilarious how you capitalize the B in black also...