I am speaking as one of those people who has a felony past. I deal with exactly what she speaks of, this woman is inspiring..I made a mistake..but she is very encouraging..THANK YOU!
Dr. Alexander, The first time I heard you speak was on the documentary "Hidden Colors". It's true about everything you said. And I mean everything. Don't back off about the immigrants and felons/misdemeanor. Since my incarceration not only do I deal with the matters at hand,I also deal with discrimination on ALL LEVELS. Sometimes I don't even know how I'm still alive, and didn't off myself. I did as much research as possible but even knowing the truth there's nothing I can do. Here's what I see: privileged immigrants, and people with backgrounds lost forever. We ARE BEING FORCED ONCE AGAIN TO LEARN A NEW LANGUAGE. WE'RE NOT EVEN LOOKED AT AS CITIZENS. Honestly there's no hope. That's the truth. Nothing is going to change. They got us so caught up that even if we did somehow made it right it would still be wrong. Beautiful vision,and even inspirational,but the reality is no one or anything can change this even with all the truth,evidence,etc they always find a way out. Very indifferent about this. We have awareness but no solution. ONE
Phenomenal, eloquent and courageous speaker. This battle is not a easy fight however we all have to show up to fight and knock down the beast of white supremacy. We all love you Michelle Alexander!!
@Thia I read your comment and I wanted to let you know the SAME THING IS HAPPENING TO ME RIGHT NOW,,, YES THESE LAW ENFORCEMENT AGENCIES COME IN AND OUT OF MY HOUSE EVERY TIME I 'M not at home..
"The theological and legal doctrines formulated during and after the Crusades, non-Christians were considered enemies of the Catholic faith and, as such, they were viewed or designated as not-human
somewhere along the line I hope that you will be able to spend time with Miss Harris before she's elected to vice president so that she can see some of your point of views and attempt to apply them
Michelle Alexander loves Dr. King. So do I, but people need to remember or learn that in 1964 Malcolm X urged American Africans to take the United States to the U.N. for crimes against their human rights. Dr. King didn't pull that out of the air; the truth is, regardless of how people want to cling to the "I have a dream" period of Dr. King's life, he had evolved by 1967 more to the thought of African people in America looking to each other and realising that America is a sick nation and to not wait or even pray for inclusion in a flawed system. He said to stop begging and demand. This shows that Malcolm X and Martin Luther King were moving more toward each other philosophically as time passed. In fact, X's assassination pushed King further toward X's philosophy, or just the philosophy of pan-Africanism in general.
Such a courageous and intelligent woman! Successful and respected but not ignorant enough to believe her success disconnects her from her race. Such an inspiration. Keep fighting the good fight Michelle!
Arlenis B WOE! You need to be careful in your thinking. The vast majority of "successful" black people don't believe their success disconnects them from their race. They may feel they don't have things in common with some other black people but they don't feel any less black. Also you may not realise it but you appear to be implying that to be black is to be unsuccessful and if you become "successful" you somehow lose a piece of your identity.
bburg0408 What you have inferred from her statement may not be what she was implying. I cannot say that is what she meant to imply because, I'm not Arienis. However, there is validity in that implication. Michelle Alexander herself implies a disconnect from the reality of what was happening to the black community when she first read the poster that enlightened her to the mass incarceration problem. Also, I don't think Arienis implies in anyway that to be unsuccessful is to be black. I infer from her comment that we have both successful and unsuccessful black and the need is to common together to help eliminate this problem of mass incarceration.
Jeffery Smith Arlenis said, "....but not ignorant enough to believe her success disconnects her from her *race*". Meaning some black people who become successful no longer think they are black. *"Michelle Alexander herself implies a disconnect from the reality of what was happening to the black community..."* Michelle Alexander didn't say that was due to her becoming "successful", though. She said that most, if not all blacks were probably not fully aware of what is happening to the black community.
Thank you dearest Michelle Alexander for your COURAGE. Showing us all who will have the eyes to see and the ears to hear ~"What Love Truly Looks Like In Public"! ~Ashe` my dear
If you don’t understand white supremacy (racism )- what it is and how it works- everything else that you understand will only confuse you. -Neely Fuller Jr
Greetings. " The people who have the ability to eliminate RACISM, do not have the will to do so, and the people who have the will to do so, do no't have the ability." Neely Fuller jr.
DOES YOU BRING A HAMMER _ Or aid Mr. Michelle Alexander says calling atention to her lectures. * " The new Jim Crow "laws" has brough to poor black communites toward to ;of which its has already living weakened due to their wealth low conditions hatred JUST."
I can't let go of the anger yet of the murder of Gearge Floyd. That was purely political I think sometimes just to foment Trump's crypto white supremacy campaign.
Whose watching this in 2020 during the Trump impeachment hearings? When I read ThOrOuGhLy the 13th amendment in paralegal school, I knew the horror was simply simmering.
Articulate, passionate, and inspiring! Ms Alexander's talk reminded me of something Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn once said, “If only there were evil people … and it were necessary only to separate them from the rest of us and destroy them. But the line dividing good and evil cuts through the heart of every human being. And who is willing to destroy a piece of his own heart?”
Im a blackman living n America..and I RESENT being now put n this "people of color" catagory!! And yes many blacks resent that illegal immigrants can come here a compete for our jobs at lower wages. They bring thier own unique brand of racism to the black community as a matter of fact!! Its not fear..its how many latino immigrants, wherever they come from.. treat black folks n general.. America should deal with its own racism dealt to its black population b4 they go any further. If America not willing to equal the playing field 4 blacks 1st?? Then whats ur point?
MAAT alchemical wedding between the Q&A Queen (Hostess) & MichelleA was the most Real #SpittNFyah harmony i think that i can bear witness to EVER encountering in my entire LIFE. 60+yo. Nurturing * Gracious * Poised * Direct * and most of all... #Authintic
I would not call it the new Jim crow ,as opposed to attempts on various levels of bringing back this tragic, recalsutrent anti reality mentality. It has no future that is worth all this unrequired suffering. It appears that certain lessons have not/will not learn the folly of trying to persurve a back words behavior patterns .....Doom ,shame, for those who suppress true history will have to in some fashion repeat these tragic lessons. Such a pity.
Carl Jung would say that people don't want to admit that they have what he called our Shadow. So we say that we don't have certain negative qualities, what she calls our "inner criminality." People make themselves feel better by saying "I'm better than x or y or z." My dad told me that racism is based on the idea that "I may not be rich, but at least I'm better than (blank) racial group." This is based on such a fundamental psychological flaw that every human being has, I don't know how the nonviolent revolution that she is proposing will start. It sounds as though she expects a religious revival will do the trick. But, won't that just pit the Christians against the atheists, Muslims etc.?
Deportation and incarceration are two different things. They are NOT the same fight. This country was stolen from those who were left out by policy ON THEIR OWN LAND as apposed to this being an immigrant country, and those who were allowed to stay, earn money and keep money, start businesses was not afforded to the so called "black" man. And, we are not colors. We are beings from nations. No one is white, yellow, green, blue, purple or black (except Sudanese people) this system was designed to increase the numbers of the new immigrant, which include the white man/ european. They are all immigrants since 1492. So no, the incarceration of Gods chosen people, and those coming here to live in the land of milk and honey, to build and empire are fundamentally different. So lets ask, whos being deported? Black folks arent being deported...they are being locked up in prison because there is no place to deport them. This is their land!!!! Its others that immigrate and blacks aren't emigrants...they are not being sent to Liberia any more. The two fights are fundamentally different. Tell all the so called white folks to leave too because they too are immigrants that stole land. ....they all got to go. Then who does that leave here?
Not only taking jobs ,We’re not getting the jobs anyway ,is not because of the border but because of something else unemployment has been around way before the border problem
Alice Miller, the German Author calls it 'Poisonous Pedagogy'. I think kids learn Michelle's phraseology about America's punishment caste system growing up equating racism (and/or The New Jim Crow) as a biological difference also listening to her here.
3/5 of a human being because the superior numbers in the southern states gave them a majority in regards to congressional seat and other factors in governance, and all black peoples weren’t slaves.
Genesis 2:24 = Therefore shall a woman leave her father and mother, and shall cling unto her husband: and they shall become one-flesh in there children.
A brilliant critique of the criminal justice system & as philosopher Cornel West stated with regards to her book, "The New Jim Crow: Mass Incarceration in the Age of Colorblindness", the "secular bible for a new social movement in early twenty-first-century America".....The struggle continues...
Election 2020 Black Lives Matter must be the vote. Now is the time, the iron is hot yet again. Let's not loose this this opportunity. Mrs. Alexander can you point us to the revolution for this election? Where is the new political party we seek?
Ms. Alexander as a continuation from my earlier side note from my last posted comments. Michelle please be conscientious of the men they've laid down their lives in battlefields for your freedoms you enjoy today. Yesterday night after posting my comments I was harassed at a eatery establishment. As I've mentioned before as your colleagues states. We have many creative ways of mistreating one another. As I've mentioned on countless occasions I'm supporting this one I love to the bitter end likened to those who have charged battlefields for their decedent's and the one's they intend on be conjoined Partner's for life. True desire from the heart focuses on those richly manifested qualities exemplified from a man of integrity. One focused on those endearing intangibles that can not be matched by anyone likened too a stalwart of justified resolved spirit of integrity manifested in love for another. This man was raised and instructed by two loving parents. Mom whom taught me how to treat a woman with loving respect. Dad courage exemplified while contesting with a fighting spirit for all one's rightful prospectus while engaging in warfare conflict that modified the the prospects of all black men that followed in the military. Reflect on the man that loves this woman of another uniquely distinctly richly colorful beautiful eye enriching filling heartfelt qualities. For this I'm richly blessed. Thanks Jehovah you are truly a provider for a uncommon man of integrity. I'm truly gifted.
Hello Ms Alexander. I'm a firm believer and have at one time thought of becoming a civil rights Attorney. My pursuits have been thwarted because of funding. Also my chronological age might serve as a hindrance. Despite the obstacles I still have a familiarity and vision of the reversing inequities of race within the correctional system and other authoritative entities. But the prevalence of such injustices are due sometimes from within our own communities of color. As a product manifested within a colorful blended background likened too yourself we need more educational platforms that address the issues of our storied past connectedness. Many young and adults alike are forgetful or haven't been exposed from a eyewitness account about a man mentioned earlier in this intial oration. Dr. Martin Luther King JR. Dr. King believed in a fair just society based on all member's no matter on their backgrounds. Specially those of lesser means and those who migrate for a better future. I'm a stalwart for the marginalized and developer for economic empowerment. My military families historical past can attest that they wanted their decedent's with advantages of greater opportunities than that of themselves. 1 Corinthians 10:22,23. I'm not a huge proponent on war but I respect their services for the future prospectus of those who seek affordable opportunities. Always slave in terms of greater gifts towards mercy on the precepts of love for those without a helper. Be mindful of those amongst us that left behind loved one's for opportunities likened too those who shipped off on battlefields for our security in God's overall minds eye. Yes I have the same visionary perspective as a Guardian in times in need knowingly that your heartfelt reflects the sameness of pursuant towards mindfulness. Always think in terms of the bigger pictorial scope of potential possibilities. I've been castigated, marginalized over a lifetime. This hasn't left me feeling that my life's course of actionable works hasn't gone unnoticed by him who's Supreme. God himself. I will remain a facilitator of sustainable objectives for stabilization with a mindful resolved spiritual concern towards the future of the feeble one's whose arms hang lowered. It's imperative that implementation of measures that safeguard the future of those deemed vulnerable within our system of incarceration. First addressing the biases that coexisted amongst ourselves. Remember the movements of the past were thwarted by those within close associates that caused a lack of progressive modification within the class based structural injustices. I look from a broader perspective of class, gender, ethnic diversification in respects towards the larger perspectives. No matter the pigmentation were all God's children. Think as diversity as a uniquely enduring qualities of exemplified expression of love from as that of our Eternal Father God. Also the commonality of his embodied manifested attributable attractive reflection that being the personification of LOVE. You're a product of one and my background reflects as such likened too the colors diaspora within our family trees. Here's my solutions for unravelling the inequities within the marginalized communities and the pitfalls that occur if we don't remain cognitively vigilant with regards various schemes that potentially cause havoc in our communities. The creative process of leveraging the economic growth through collaborative works without cost associated with legal representation for the one of low means then instituting a dismantling of the bailout system. We all falter in word in actions at times. We need a system of incorporating legal grants of clemency on the bases of all criminalized offenses. This affords myself the ability of eradicating expunged criminalized a pathway followed footprints offense that can have a devastating impact later. This measure should be outlawed and other methodologies should be quickly implemented. Perhaps mentorship program opportunities for those within their chronological age as guides. Never castigate those that might be a good resources in the life's of another human beings. Objectivity towards anyone with a past offense not only marginalizes them from the various amenities they rightfully deserve as productive members of society but mostly in the worthiness of the person who we all owes appreciative allegiance. God himself. Never disregard them as insignificant in his visionary scope but pay attention towards their pleas of assistance in times of distress. Proverbs 17:17, Proverbs 18:24. As legal guides reflect with integrity the oath as defenders for the defenseless. Agents of change in the furtherance of implementing a means for economic support in terms of career skill development initiatives that are marketable for stability. Second total expungement alleviation of any past criminal record histories. This has been the means of damaging discrimitive practices by employers that marginalize individuals pathways progressive perspectives towards all rightful deserved amenities. Never objectify those who are industrious in their pursuits for economic stabilization workspaces are equally qualified for such positional employment. Rather think in terms of empowerment spearheading initiative's that can change the trajectory of blessedly capable qualified individuals that are marketable but lack opportunities from discriminatory practices. Eradicate and make addendums towards existing laws that give meanful pursuers entry level positions for segmented societal members rightfully should possess and deserve as contributors for facets of society. The common trends that may be hindrance of upward mobility for our communities aren't at times felony offenses but even the most minor ones that can alter the prospectus of future prospects of economic growth empowerment. I'm certainly trying to address these prevailing concerns but lack the necessary resources whether that be educational or monetarily. Injustices has plagued my life and our communities most oftentimes from powerful entities. This is the primary reason why we need a overhauled approachable systematic visionary perspective. This present continual cycle is ineffective and needs revamping. Educational platforms that leads to conscientious thoughts patterned for effective change towards mindfulnes. Ignorance towards other's plight leads too perpetual biases centered on people's of color from a lack of knowledge. Whenever ones use their thought processes in addressing the disparities and our interwoven past histories we can effectively conjoin as a unified force for good. Collaborative works is one element of Kwanzaa. Remember works centered on helping one another and then reaching out to the greater segments of the larger pictorial scoped society. We've seen from the past figures that spearheaded civil rights during a time of turbulent change. They were determined taken up the mantles of effective change specifically from a more efficient model of successor support over the various diaspora of people's. This was the integral part of effective change we all need as a blueprint of successful outcomes This will be the means of eradication. Educational platforms addressing issues prevalent within our communities. Then implementation of wealth based initiatives that will address the disparities initiating development of marketable skills that will provide sustainability. Implementation of providing opportunities for reversal of criminalization and bailouts incorporating supportive services of empowerment preferably spiritual guides within the communities. Total expungement of criminal records and other charges that will inhibit their upward trajectory of self sufficiency. Most importantly viewing others as God sees them as his children. Most of our segments that fall prey to these systematic conditions are products of their environments. One parent homes and lack of food resources. These homes that are broken spiritually often leading towards souls lacking spirituality. It's my determination that we seek the outward appearance but the total summation of their unique part. The heart. The heart is the seat of motivation. When influenced by the right person we can anchor the soul towards repairing and eventually making one a facilitator for greater works. Romans 3:22-26.
I pray that you are somehow able to share these point of views with Miss Harris, she needs to see things from your perspective,I see hers on the only hope to pull us out of this Trump error and left we all come together against this modern-day discrimination!
Articulate, passionate, and inspiring! Ms Alexander's talk reminded me of something Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn once said, “If only there were evil people … and it were necessary only to separate them from the rest of us and destroy them. But the line dividing good and evil cuts through the heart of every human being. And who is willing to destroy a piece of his own heart?”
Gina I too wash all of my meats before I cook them and I don't care what anyone says. I rather be safe than sorry. Your dinner looks amazing and very tasty! Keep sharing your beautiful recipes!❤
