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“The prison has become a black hole into which the detritus of contemporary capitalism is deposited.”

“The war dropped its question mark”. WOW way to start a chapter— the writing in this book is too good.

The Old Man’s Lazy and Rattle by Peter Blue Cloud are incredible… I don’t even know what to say

“One can receive a stiff sentence for robbing a bank, but when a bank or insurance company systematically robs society as a whole, no one goes to jail. Class–determined disparities are built into the system of mass incarceration”. crazy relevant quote

“Knowledge is built through struggle” -Angela Davis

A quote I keep flipping back to: “A system that never addresses the ‘why’ behind a harm never actually contains the harm itself. Cages confine people, not the conditions that facilitated their harms or the mentalities that perpetrate violence.”

“something about this small encounter had put me in very good spirits; the simple kindness I had been thanked for, and the simple kindness I had been offered in return, caused me somehow to feel exceedingly uplifted about the whole enterprise facing me over these coming days.”

this thesis is so interesting but why is the writing so repetitive and bland

learning so much about Cleveland history!

“I cannot go home as who I am and that hurts me deeply.”

“We have been a part of every major activity and yet some of you dare not speak our names.”

I don’t want to finish this book!