I finally started content for The Appeal. I used to throw it in the segment with my monthly "Attentions Worth My Mention" category. The Appeal has such juicy pertinent information conducive to our communities. I had to give them their own spotlight to continue shining. If you are in law school, involved in criminal justice or have kids, please subscribe to The Appeal. You can always find it under the Public Service Announcements archives. I urge you to get involved in your local politics. I know a lot of people vote every four years for the presidential election. These laws affect your children and of course your community. It's time to step up. Our lives are bombarded with laws. Your voice matters and it will be taken into full account when you exercise it. In these shaky times, we can't afford to wait until something happens to someone we know or love. Collectively, we have to stay informed, prepared, and concerned about our brothers and sisters that are incarcerated.
I have been articulating how those democrats and republicans have it within their congressional powers to make a wrong right. It has been proven how thick the disparities are when black and brown men are incarcerated. Finally, those folks in congress are ending mandatory sentences statewide. Mandatory sentences break down and destroy families. It has been detrimental to black families. Most of the men in jail right now are predominately black men. Why is that? Okay,Yes some actually did do the crime and some were used as escape goats. The point is, black men get harsher sentencing than white men. Blacks can do the exact crime and you will often see a difference. Please don't get too distracted with the black verses white pitch. It is how they designed this criminal justice system. There are multiple advocacy groups fighting against mandatory sentences and it looks like someone is starting to take heed to their plea. The Appeal definitely will bring you stories you otherwise would not hear about. In the great state of Maryland they are coming together in their humanity to ban sentencing children to life without parole. I am just waiting for them to stop sentencing black kids as adults. This happens more to black kids then any other group of kids but does happen to all kids, especially to poor families. The state will try them as adults then place kids in jail with grown men. Tell me what is right about this. It would be a big deal to keep them together with their families as juveniles. Investing in their humanity is often thrown out. This criminal justice system doesn't see the value in little brown skin girls or little black boys. They don't! They are already placing our babies in jail at elementary schools. They call it the school to prison pipeline. There is no excuse for you not to get involved in your child's school and in your local politics. Did you know that the state of Virginia abolished the death penalty? Every time I think about southern states like Virginia, I can't help but to think about this little black boy by the name of George Stinney. I am aware how some of you (you know who you are) lust after treating little black boys like they are men. George never got justice. They murdered an innocent boy by giving him the death penalty. They are still doing this in many other ways to our men and boys of color. Thankfully, there are folks we call freedom fighters of all races who fight against racism, injustices, and all kinds of oppression. Tarra Simmons is one of those freedom fighters.
I have been articulating how those democrats and republicans have it within their congressional powers to make a wrong right. It has been proven how thick the disparities are when black and brown men are incarcerated. Finally, those folks in congress are ending mandatory sentences statewide. Mandatory sentences break down and destroy families. It has been detrimental to black families. Most of the men in jail right now are predominately black men. Why is that? Okay,Yes some actually did do the crime and some were used as escape goats. The point is, black men get harsher sentencing than white men. Blacks can do the exact crime and you will often see a difference. Please don't get too distracted with the black verses white pitch. It is how they designed this criminal justice system. There are multiple advocacy groups fighting against mandatory sentences and it looks like someone is starting to take heed to their plea. The Appeal definitely will bring you stories you otherwise would not hear about. In the great state of Maryland they are coming together in their humanity to ban sentencing children to life without parole. I am just waiting for them to stop sentencing black kids as adults. This happens more to black kids then any other group of kids but does happen to all kids, especially to poor families. The state will try them as adults then place kids in jail with grown men. Tell me what is right about this. It would be a big deal to keep them together with their families as juveniles. Investing in their humanity is often thrown out. This criminal justice system doesn't see the value in little brown skin girls or little black boys. They don't! They are already placing our babies in jail at elementary schools. They call it the school to prison pipeline. There is no excuse for you not to get involved in your child's school and in your local politics. Did you know that the state of Virginia abolished the death penalty? Every time I think about southern states like Virginia, I can't help but to think about this little black boy by the name of George Stinney. I am aware how some of you (you know who you are) lust after treating little black boys like they are men. George never got justice. They murdered an innocent boy by giving him the death penalty. They are still doing this in many other ways to our men and boys of color. Thankfully, there are folks we call freedom fighters of all races who fight against racism, injustices, and all kinds of oppression. Tarra Simmons is one of those freedom fighters.
