Connecting arts & culture to community and community to arts & culture

The New Jim Crow

The 13th – Director Ava DuVernay’s documentary for Netflix
Neither slavery nor involuntary servitude, except as a punishment for crime whereof the party shall have been duly […]

This entry was posted in Black People Community Power - Politics & Race and tagged Ava DuVernay Criminal Justice Malkia Cyril mass incarceration Michelle Alexander Shakur Senghor The 13th amendment to the Constitution The 13th documentary The New Jim Crow on October 10, 2016 by Candelaria Silva

In despair about disparities
So, you’ve invited to the meeting, convening, conversation or whatever the hell it’s being called this time – […]

This entry was posted in Black People Boston Language & Words Power - Politics & Race Rants and tagged data discussing inequality Hidden Cost of Being African-American inequality Nikki Rosa by Nikki Giovanni social justice discussions The Half has Never Been Told The New Jim Crow Warmth of Other Suns white privilege Why you get tFunky on Me on August 28, 2016 by Candelaria Silva

The New Jim Crow by Michelle Alexander
The New Jim Crow: Mass Incarceration in the Age of Colorblindness by Michelle Alexander (Copyright 2010, 2012 by […]

This entry was posted in Black People Books Power - Politics & Race and tagged black men Frantz Fanon mass incarceration Michelle Alexander Police Prison prison industrial complex racism The New Jim Crow W.E.B. Du Bois War on Drugs on September 7, 2014 by Candelaria Silva