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Prisons
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A prison will appear like heaven to those who are in hell.
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Angola prison has been regularly and casually referred to as a plantation by state authorities and media for over a century. When many people say "Angola is a prison built on a former plantation," it is often made as an unsettling observation, not as a moral indictment. Is it because our collective understanding of slavery, and its inherent violence, is so limited? Or is it that violence experienced by Black people is thought less worthy of mourning? White supremacy enacts violence against Black
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― How the Word Is Passed: A Reckoning with the History of Slavery Across America
― How the Word Is Passed: A Reckoning with the History of Slavery Across America
On the publication of "Blackbirds in the Pomegranate Tree: Stories from Ixcotel State Prison" my…more
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