06-27-2017, 11:53 AM
(06-27-2017, 11:51 AM)Benton Wrote:sorry
It's only been the last few years I've started taking an interest in our prison explosion. There's several things to point to at state or federal levels that caused it, a "perfect storm" of policy shifts where we went from 'you made a bad decision, here's a wake up call' to 'you made a bad decision, your life is never going to be the same.' The 70s through 80s were where the bulk of this happened. I don't think the intent was institutional racism, but it has impacted blacks more than whites.
In Nixon's case though it has been confirmed it was driven by institutional racism. Now was Racism a byproduct of the black panther movement being a nuisance to him and his presidency? Maybe. This actually may be a good separate thread.
