Yesterday @ the gym I listened to my favorite podcast (I don’t do political podcasts) called @HowIBuiltThis with @guyraz. The episode featured @SteveMadden & the ups & downs of his career. Two things struck me - his admission that he grew up believing that the most important /1
Thing was money, and his obsession with earning more 💰 caused him to engage in shady behavior that he knew in his heart was wrong & illegal. That “value” is like we also see with the Trumps, & while I don’t know folks like that, it struck me as ironic to hear about now. The /2
Other point of discussion was that Madden readily shared the inherent unfairness to blacks within the criminal justice system. He was in prison & saw 1st hand that mandatory drug sentencing laws disparately affected blacks & were unfairly harsh. We need his voice on #CJReform END
