Click Here for her Op-ED titled "Telling My Son about Ferguson".
For what to give thanks Thursday? If you're white you have Pilgrim privilege and probably won't get shot speeding in your car to buy an extra can of Cranberry sauce. I you are black, especially if you are male, you can give thanks IF you are not in jail, on probation, under a warrant or jammed up with unpaid court fees - unless of course your dad or Son is. If you are a violent cop who murders unarmed teenagers you can give thanks that the "Prosecutors" in your jurisdiction have your back. Me I'm thankful for Michelle Alexander, who has written extensively about aggressive policing, mass incarceration, and the school to prison pipeline. I hope people will read her Op-Ed in today's NY Times, as well as her book "The New Jim Crow" if they have not done so already. And while you're at it, thank the people of Ferguson and their allies across the country for their outrage. Please rage a little yourselves before the food coma or football game comes on tomorrow.
Click Here for her Op-ED titled "Telling My Son about Ferguson".
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AuthorJon Amsterdam is a Lawyer, Educator, Community Organizer and National Service Innovator who directs Communities Without Borders, a non profit organization he founded in 1996. Archives
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