Criminal Injustice
February 27, 2012 2 Comments“ What has changed since the collapse of Jim Crow has less to do with the basic structure of our society than with the language we use to justify it. In the era of colorblindness, it is no longer socially permissible to use race, explicitly, as a justification for discrimination, exclusion, and social contempt. So we don’t. Rather than rely on race, we use our criminal justice system to label people of color “criminals” and then engage in all the practices we supposedly left behind. Today it is perfectly legal to discriminate against criminals in nearly all the ways that it was once legal to discriminate against African Americans.”
-Excerpt from The New Jim Crow
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And now with the Supreme Court revisiting affirmative action, this could go even deeper…
Powerful and eye-opening discussion on criminal injustice. The article effectively highlights systemic issues and inspires readers to think critically about reform.