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There is an vast body of literature, research, and analysis that exists on the topic of abolition. People, specifically Black feminists, have been rigorously engaging with the idea for decades. Just because it's an idea you're not familiar with doesn't mean it's worth dismissing.
Start here: "[Ruth Wilson Gilmore] offers a sweeping and detailed analysis of the relentless expansion and funding of police and prisons, and how locking people in cages has become central to the American project."

theintercept.com/2020/06/10/rut…
Or listen to @prisonculture break it down in the conversation she had last year with me and @jduffyrice: theappeal.org/justice-in-ame…
Or just google Angela Davis. Honestly, the resources are all there, it’s just a matter of if you’re willing to research and engage in good faith.
The Harvard Law Review did an entire series on the question of abolition:

harvardlawreview.org/topics/prison-…
Or these toolkit of resources from Critical Resistance:

criticalresistance.org/resources/the-…
Ok last one, lots of great resources here too. Dig into it all:

medium.com/@micahherskind…
Wanted to add one more here: transformharm.org/abolition/
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With regard to anti-racist reading list, I think political education is important. I think historical texts that help people understand how we arrived in this moment are important. But people should be clear that these texts are an entry point, not the end of the work itself.
Reading recommendation lists, especially in a moment like this, can be performative, but I think they can also be helpful. Some folks might post a reading list just to signal solidarity, some might actually get the books and do the reading. We can't control who does which thing.
I want ppl to read books on how housing segregation shaped this country. I want ppl to read books on how mass incarceration is breaking families apart. I also want those texts to inform how ppl move through the world, how they structure their communities, and the way they vote.
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Imagine being a Black player on the Saints & hearing the supposed leader of yr team completely fail to acknowledge that this country’s flag might mean something different to you than it does to him. To suggest that a peaceful protest bringing attention to that is “disrespectful.”
I’m from New Orleans, and Drew has done a lot of good work for the city on and off the field. But his consistent failure to consider the lived experiences of people other than himself when it comes to what the flag/this country means feels like it undermines his other efforts.
Even if you disagree, which I wish he didn’t, the *least* you could do is say you respect everyone’s individual choices and leave it at that. Especially in a moment like this.
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I've said this before, but for all the people who believe you definitely would have been abolitionists in the era of slavery, who you are today is who you would have been then. You don't need to imagine scenarios of living in the 19th century, there's work to do here and now.
There are people who think they would have been members of the Underground Railroad in 1850, who show up to school board meetings today protesting school integration efforts, who support exclusionary zoning in their communities, and who block efforts of getting rid of cash bail.
It's easy to look back at the past and say what you would have done, it's harder to look at the present and say what you're going to do.
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