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sentientsky · 5 months ago

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just a friendly reminder that, just because slavery was formally "abolished" in the so-called united states* in 1865, enslavement itself is still ongoing in the form of incarceration, which disproportionately affects Black and Indigenous people

(*i say "so-called" because the US is a settler-colonial construction founded on greed, extraction, and white supremacy) recommended readings/resources:

The New Jim Crow: Mass Incarceration in the Age of Colorblindness by Michelle Alexander

"How the 13th Amendment Kept Slavery Alive: Perspectives From the Prison Where Slavery Never Ended" by Daniele Selby

"So You're Thinking About Becoming an Abolitionist" by Mariame Kaba

"The Case for Prison Abolition: Ruth Wilson Gilmore on COVID-19, Racial Capitalism & Decarceration" from Democracy Now! [VIDEO]

#i know most of u probably followed me for fandom stuff but abolition and decolonization and sex workers' rights are so close to my heart #normally i'd post this on my academia blog but i have more followers here so. here ya go #enslavement is still ongoing in SO many other ways and it disproportionately targets BIPOC and disabled and impoverished people #might make another post about that #prison abolition #abolition #racial justice #juneteenth #social justice #human rights #resources #police abolition #decolonization #michelle alexander #mariame kaba #ruth wilson gilmore #13th amendment #antiracism

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