Thread: for people looking to Learn right now, I’m sharing a few things that have been important to my education on race and mass incarceration. This is meant to be a manageable short list for first engagement. /1
First, I highly recommend watching James Baldwin’s speech at the Cambridge Union debate in 1965. It’s an exceptional summary, eloquently delivered, that rings all too true today. /2
If you missed The Case for Reparations by Ta-Nehisi Coates the first time, or haven’t read it for a while, here you go. Read and weep. theatlantic.com/magazine/archi… /3
Mariame Kaba is a leading thinker and practitioner of restorative and transformative justice. Here is her trenchant article on policing kids, Summer Heat thenewinquiry.com/summer-heat/ /4
Here is a lengthy profile of abolitionist leader and scholar Ruthie Gilmore. There is much rich discussion here that can be a helpful guide to untangling some of the complicated matters we are facing. nytimes.com/2019/04/17/mag… /5
I can also recommend When Feminism is White Supremacy in Heels, by @RachelCargle, tackling the role of white women in particular in maintaining status quo power structures. harpersbazaar.com/culture/politi… /6
And if you are ready to take on some books, here are some brilliant memoirs by black women to learn from: When They Call You a Terrorist by @OsopePatrisse and @ashabandele; Cuz by @dsallentes; and Becoming Ms. Burton by @SusanBurtonLA.
There are many, many more brilliant things to read and watch. Learn some, then learn some more, then keep going! Also see @ClintSmithIII, @jbouie, @IjeomaOluo. Thanks for reading.
Typo correction: the memoir Cuz is by Professor Danielle Allen (@dsallentess)
One more: I highly recommend listening to the Justice in America podcast, hosted by @jduffyrice and several other brilliant people. podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/jus… @Justice_Podcast
For people who want to read more deeply, here is a good resource: radicalhistoryreview.org/abusablepast/r… #Abolition
