No More Prisons
Title: No More Prisons
Author: William "Billy" Upski Wimsatt
Publisher: Subway and Elevated Books
Year: 1999
This book is a compilation of Wimsatt's articles and short stories of his organizing and philanthropy activities. Wimsatt is one of the Cool Rich Guys who understands community organizing pretty well. He dropped out of school, read a lot of books, wrote about graffitti, and traveled throughout "dangerous" neighborhoods across urban america even though he is white, just to prove that nothing is wrong with being white and walking in these dangerous neighborhoods. I would just say that he was lucky. This guy is crazy!!! But I like him because he has this gut and strong will to change the situation.
What's "no more prison" theory? Prison is another form of slavery and I agree. 60% of black people are in prison. And those of them who were out of prison hardly can find any jobs. The system made all of these happened. When you're uneducated, the only school you can go to doesn't teach you anything, and your mom and dad never teach you how to live, and you don't go to church, you never knew any good values out there but listens to Eminem all day long, whose values do you think will stick on your mind? That's right. Eminem won. You're out there became his disciples.
And the other world is also created. The world of rich suburbanites who are afraid to go to inner-cities, the world of suburbanites who judge and never experiences the life of inner cities: one challenge for suburbanites in Cincinnati: walk around downtown (Over-the-Rhine, if you dare). Just walk through it and behave.
One thing that people do not realize is that there is another world other than being black and drug addicts. There are a bunch, many, many, black families, whom I admire, and held their norms, family values, religion, and manners as their number one philosophies. They are just not in the news at all time. But, go around and you'll find out.
Back to Wimsatt, I agree that the current prison system is destructing rather than rehabilitating.
Author: William "Billy" Upski Wimsatt
Publisher: Subway and Elevated Books
Year: 1999
This book is a compilation of Wimsatt's articles and short stories of his organizing and philanthropy activities. Wimsatt is one of the Cool Rich Guys who understands community organizing pretty well. He dropped out of school, read a lot of books, wrote about graffitti, and traveled throughout "dangerous" neighborhoods across urban america even though he is white, just to prove that nothing is wrong with being white and walking in these dangerous neighborhoods. I would just say that he was lucky. This guy is crazy!!! But I like him because he has this gut and strong will to change the situation.
What's "no more prison" theory? Prison is another form of slavery and I agree. 60% of black people are in prison. And those of them who were out of prison hardly can find any jobs. The system made all of these happened. When you're uneducated, the only school you can go to doesn't teach you anything, and your mom and dad never teach you how to live, and you don't go to church, you never knew any good values out there but listens to Eminem all day long, whose values do you think will stick on your mind? That's right. Eminem won. You're out there became his disciples.
And the other world is also created. The world of rich suburbanites who are afraid to go to inner-cities, the world of suburbanites who judge and never experiences the life of inner cities: one challenge for suburbanites in Cincinnati: walk around downtown (Over-the-Rhine, if you dare). Just walk through it and behave.
One thing that people do not realize is that there is another world other than being black and drug addicts. There are a bunch, many, many, black families, whom I admire, and held their norms, family values, religion, and manners as their number one philosophies. They are just not in the news at all time. But, go around and you'll find out.
Back to Wimsatt, I agree that the current prison system is destructing rather than rehabilitating.
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