Comments on: Black Male Incarceration and the New Jim Crow…

By: Mike C. Okereke

Mike C. Okereke — Mon, 04 Apr 2011 07:40:58 +0000

I certainly do agree that the still increased incaceration rate of Black men is a direct aftermath of Jim Crowism. It is very prepsteruos that an incacerated man, would, after paying his proverbial dues to sovciety be subjected to another round of, well, this time, mental incaceration or torture by him not being able to get a job, not to talk of a decent job, and the denial of his voting rights. The mental incaceration is probably worse than the physical one because it could lead the victim back into the prison system – making the American judicial system a sorry case (mochkery), of what crime, punishment, and redemption combination ought to be.
Mike C. Okereke

By: Gerry

Gerry — Mon, 04 Apr 2011 05:41:30 +0000

Don’t do the crime if you can’t do the time.

By: freesoul

freesoul — Mon, 04 Apr 2011 04:39:15 +0000

NO PEACE NO JUSTICE NO FREEDOM.. The New Middle Passage equals Jail Time.. It’s sad to say but alot of Blacks Celebrate doing jail Time, before & after the FACT (it you Rap about it more than 3times it Glorifies it to the YOUTH). So we can complain all we want but until we change the environment in our communities let the silly games play on. We LoVe Gangter RAP (generalizing) but not Gangters in our HOOD, We LoVe GUN play on Album Covers/Videos but Hate Gun play in our HOOD.. Lol Crazy.. Yes the MAN has US locked DOWNED but we also LOCK ourselves DOWN. Money is flowing in & out of the HOOD but never circulates, we just give it right back. Bling Blinging.. All the Black Professional Ball Players, Musicians, Lawyers, Doctors etc.. spending MONEY.. Where does it all go??

By: oren elow

oren elow — Sun, 03 Apr 2011 19:29:15 +0000

Talk, talk ,talk yet the prison system is still full of Black men while Black men on the street cannot find jobs or places to live. The educational for Black is the poorest . . . and the fuss goes on. To change from talk, talk, talk to solid action – to Civil Rights protest. It worked for us in the ’60s and we can, in numbers, make it work again. We just cannot keep tell the Man what Black needs in America are – no – we must show them by gathering in the streets, peacefully. For really, we are not much better off than the protesters in the middle east. Every Black man in America is in prison, whether we’re incarcerated or not. We are locked up in our blackness and even President Obama cannot avoid it.

By: J W

J W — Fri, 01 Apr 2011 14:26:57 +0000

Even though the African American condition is much more seen as a travesty in the minds and lives of many of us but rather a celebrated condition by many of our counterparts. Especially the astronomical number of black incarcerants.
Who ever wins at anything generally celebrates…lest I use up to much space or lose your attention my point is staring right at us on this very page by the picture that does not fit on this page. I agree with much of what I’ve read re: our brothers and sisters condition but much of it is just “tinkling cymbals and sounding brass”. Look at the picture on this page and the words that accompany it. What’s up with that?

By: lionel scott

lionel scott — Wed, 30 Mar 2011 20:33:53 +0000

AFRiCAN americans human rights have been violated since the inhuman passage from africa brutal conditions on plantations treated less than human to jim crow laws the constitution does not apply to african american males this country wants to talk about human rights violations in other parts of the world the united states musts make a move on there own violations so they can start the redemption process so the african american children will not have to deal with the conditions their parents and grandparents did

By: Halston Morgan

Halston Morgan — Wed, 30 Mar 2011 19:18:59 +0000

There is definitely a problem with the way the construct is built. It is engineered to keep the black and brown down, and this effect is felt with every person, in every community. Although it is the way it is, we as black men and women have to be able to fight the demon of violence and genocide. Granted it is very difficult to do when youths see these people riding and shining, but i’ve been exposed to this lifestyle practically the entire 23 years ive been on this earth, and im in college, trying to make a way for my young daughter. If its not anything financial, it is definitely something with intellectual substance. A firm knowledge is exponentially greater than a any amount of money.

We have to stand up and wise up to this monster and devise a way, although seemingly impossible, to fight it.

By: Chris Jeff

Chris Jeff — Wed, 30 Mar 2011 01:04:37 +0000

Now is the time for African-Americans to be pissed.

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