"MORE BLACK MEN IN PRISON TODAY THAN THERE WERE SLAVES IN THE 1850s!"
What are we to say about this? Is it their faults for getting caught or is this simply black men being enslaved again for the same crime "privileged whites" are escaping. I stated in my last post the majority of black men that are locked up did victimless crimes. Now I don't mean blamed for crimes they didn't do I'm talking about Drug related activity. The fact that the drugs are coming from government officials is a wholllllllee different topic. Black men are first put in a society of poverty where they are to learn survival at it;s fit rather than be taught and on top of that the way the system is set up it's almost impossible to escape. Every time I read the Willie Lynch letter I always think about how the plan was to always keep "blacks" into slavery not physically, but mentally by turning one against another and making us put up a fight for everything. I would hate to say it's a race thing, but I truly do believe that plays a major factor. There's not justification for one's crime, but what if one whole ethnic group were all facing similar chargers throughout a long extended period of time would that raise eyebrows? NO!!!
Its amazing that people aren't afraid to do the crime and face some time because a thin line holds them back from speaking their minds, do they sit in silence and endure the torture of fear
or hope and pray that better days are near, not knowing who
they really are and what the battle is about, it is instilled in them at birth to fail
and single each other out, forget getting married and having a spouse
to cope with the psych abnormalities that cause them to create a false reality
that will soon lead death or prisonality because society has taught us to be every
man for himself not a family. Babymama drama daddy facing street trauma not to mention
girls abandoning babies, doing drugs, and selling their bodies just to get a little attention
when they really need comfort and a whole lot of venting,
Lost trying to find love fall for every man who gives her sex rather than a hug
Robbery, Murder, Home Invasion, Raping, and of course selling Drugs
Is the black man's new slavery that keep him not just physically, but mentally locked up!
Destinee Franklin
poem also written by me
poem also written by me
I love that you have the title in red and capitalized. That brings extra attention to an already powerful fact. Considering all the slaves their were, it's crazy to think that they are even more black men in prison. I also love that you took the time and wrote a poem yourself. I like how you compare black men in prison to slavery and that it is very interesting to think of them of being slaves mentally even if they no longer are physically. It really shows what we talked about in class about incarcerated people which is there is a problem with how many people are and what group of people are.
ReplyDelete-Aidan Munn
The title definitely caught my attention and made me want to read your blog entry. I was really baffled by the fact that there are more black men in prisons now than there were slaves in the 1950s. You also bring a very good point to the table that it does often seem like race plays a major factor on who is in jail, for how long, and what they might be able to get away with. This was a very nice entry and I learned a great deal from it.
ReplyDeleteGreat job on the poem it was great!
-Kassandra Barber