Crime Bill People: it's not about race New Afrikans: didn't you listen to the floor debate before it was passed? Do you see the effect it had on our communities? People: lets discuss mass incarceration instead of race Us: what the fuck is mass incarceration?
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Well, I think the serious folks say other bills were more central to the problem that the 94 crime bill (not that it wasn't about race or that race isn't central to Mass Incarceration). My answer is that the 94 crime bill still was awful for a number of other reasons either way
I'm very serious about the crime bill that devoured my generation
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I don't know if you follow
@JohnFPfaff but he has a pretty sophisticated response to this argument, I don't 100% agree with him, but I 85% agree with him. But that agreement doesn't mean much, b/c the 94 crime bill was bad for a lot of other reasons either way -
It's followed. The problem is that when it comes to certain political angles in relation to New Afrikan communities and what we see in the prisons, these arguments are too eurocentric. They preserve by ignoring crucial points that stand out to us
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his argument is that other legislation was much more to blame for mass incarceration and all the other problems (including racial disparity), still an awful piece of legislation either way
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Of course all other previous legislations matter. Each increased. Each wanted to be tougher. I personally get that. But to minimize the crime bill is another travesty to truth to power
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