Comments on: The Economic Destruction Caused by Black Mass Incarceration.

By: toomanygrandkids

toomanygrandkids — Sun, 08 Jun 2014 12:36:01 +0000

“But what stunned me the most was that the number of men in prison who owned a successful business before incarceration.”

What were these businesses? Were they legit? Were they clothing/shoe stores as a front for illegal drug activity? Incarcerated black males consider drug/prostitution rings as businesses. It’s difficult to believe that the inmates you spoke to were legit business owners then wound up in prison for nothing. That’s not how it goes.

“Think for a minute what typically occurs between the ages of 24 to 30. Men usually:

1.) Start a family
2.) Buy a home
3.) Have a family

Yes, MEN/YOUNG MEN do these things. NOT the criminals in prison. Ever since the 80’s, black males in the age group above earned megabucks in the crack cocaine business. Untaxed money, mind you. They bled black communities dry so when they got/get locked up, the only income taken is the dealer’s.

Those who are in the pen go in and out of prison as if walking through revolving doors. They commit the same (or different) crimes over and over because (insert any reaso/excuse here).

By: Asad

Asad — Sun, 15 Jul 2012 23:54:42 +0000

This phenomenon (mass incarceration) only speaks to a greater need: the need for Black Men and women to have independence from a system that would repay our tolerance of 400 years of slavery, exploitation, miseducation, and imprisonment with ….more slavery, exploitation, miseducation, and imprisonment! We need a United States of Africa, the right to govern ourselves, and the freedom from the continued persecution that the United States of America habitually heaps upon us.

By: DG

DG — Wed, 14 Mar 2012 13:34:37 +0000

Patsy, I write about many of the solutions at http://www.ourblacktowns.com What my particular intent with this article was to frame mass incarceration from a different lens. To show that every time we take someone away from the community there are both potential positive and negative economic consequences.

So I am with you on the solution side.

By: Patsy

Patsy — Wed, 14 Mar 2012 03:19:07 +0000

Very interesting article! However, there is one important thing to add: the solutions to this problem. I am convinced there are some. To improve the economy of Black people, I strongly recommend this book: Powernomics by Dr. Claud Anderson. It is available on amazon. A Must Read for Black America. It is a Marshall Plan for Black America!