pickEye opening account of the author‘s experience fighting for wrongly convicted and over sentenced people on death row and with life sentences. Even after commuting, years or decades of life has been lost to the prison system with rarely any compensation for the lives damaged. In some cases, innocent people and even children have been executed in American prisons.
Butterfinger Oh, goodness. Children? We do have to change the system. The tagged is about how girls of color are targeted in elementary and middle schools because of the stereotype of being abrasive and loud. There are few ways to escape the hardships, so they get into gangs and prostitution. It was really an eye-opener. All because of how the teachers branded them as trouble.![[tagged book]](https://image.librarything.com/pics/litsy_webpics/icon_taggedBook@3x.png)
Pushout: The Criminalization of Black Girls in Schools 2d
Pushout: The Criminalization of Black Girls in SchoolsCosmos_Moon_River @Butterfinger the world is a sad place, and I wish there was more we could do to make it better, and that others wanted the same. There‘s such a lack of empathy these days. 2d
TheBookHippie The school to prison pipeline is alive and well… 2d
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TheBookHippie @Cosmos_Moon_River I‘ve heard him speak it‘s just so layered. He has done amazing work. 2d
TheBookHippie @Butterfinger they just lowered the age of arresting children to older than six in Florida and many other states a few years ago. 2d
Butterfinger @TheBookHippie @Cosmos_Moon_River let's continue to be reactive instead of proactive. Schools need more training for SEL in elementary and not worry about tests. It breaks my heart. I know I am preaching to the choir. 2d
TheBookHippie @Butterfinger I agree. Sigh. 2d
Cosmos_Moon_River @TheBookHippie so sad. Six year olds do not understand what they are doing and should never be arrested. Investigation into family life would probably be more appropriate and guiding the child with education and love. So sad, and I feel racial disparities are only going to grow with this administration. Continuing to dehumanize the “others”. 24h
Cosmos_Moon_River I wish I would have been aware of his work before. He has done, and maybe still does, work in my city. @Butterfinger it‘s getting harder and harder to keep up the good fight and stay positive. 24h
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