been meaning to start this for a min
this thread is inspired by the beautiful @Race Jones. I follow on her on twitter and really appreciate her pov even if i disagree at time. I don't rock with a lot of her followers tho as their views tend to be extremes either way with rarely any balance in between. I chose to have this discussion here vs with her and her followers on twitter b/c i think its more complicated than 280 characters across several threads on twitter or whatever.
So, with that being said. There was the conversation a couple weeks ago about the young girl who was licking the ice cream that had everyone in an uproar with many calling for her to do jail time.
Everyone knows how prisons/jails treat persons of color in this country, and while I agree that maybe jail was too harsh, what is a proper deterrent to keep people from just doing things without any negative consequences?? I think "put them in jail" is a catch all phrase at this point b/c that's all we know to do with people who violate the "laws" in this country or people who just do dumb shit.
Discuss
this thread is inspired by the beautiful @Race Jones. I follow on her on twitter and really appreciate her pov even if i disagree at time. I don't rock with a lot of her followers tho as their views tend to be extremes either way with rarely any balance in between. I chose to have this discussion here vs with her and her followers on twitter b/c i think its more complicated than 280 characters across several threads on twitter or whatever.
So, with that being said. There was the conversation a couple weeks ago about the young girl who was licking the ice cream that had everyone in an uproar with many calling for her to do jail time.
Everyone knows how prisons/jails treat persons of color in this country, and while I agree that maybe jail was too harsh, what is a proper deterrent to keep people from just doing things without any negative consequences?? I think "put them in jail" is a catch all phrase at this point b/c that's all we know to do with people who violate the "laws" in this country or people who just do dumb shit.
Discuss