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First Of All, I Didn't Suggest That We Should Simply Get Rid Of All Prisons.

The Prison Is Not The Only Institution That Has Posed Complex Challenges To The People Who Have Lived With It And Have Become So Inured To Its Presence That They Could Not Con­ceive Of Society Without It. Within The History Of The United States The System Of Slavery Immediately Comes To Mind.

My Idea Of Philosophy Is That If It Is Not Relevant To Human Problems, If It Does Not Tell Us How We Can Go About Eradicating Some Of The Misery In This World, Then It Is Not Worth The Name Of Philosophy. I Think Socrates Made A Very Profound Statement When He Asserted That The Raison D'etre Of Philosophy Is To Teach Us Proper Living. In This Day And Age 'proper Living' Means Liberation From The Urgent Problems Of Poverty, Economic Necessity And Indoctrination, Mental Oppression.

Actually We've Had A Black Bourgeoisie Or The Makings Of A Black Bourgeoisie For Many More Decades.in A Sense The Quest For The Emancipation Of Black People In The Us Has Always Been A Quest For Economic Liberation Which Means To A Certain Extent That The Rise Of Black Middle Class Would Be Inevitable. What I Think Is Different Today Is The Lack Of Political Connection Between The Black Middle Class And The Increasing Numbers Of Black People Who Are More Impoverished Than Ever Before.

I'm Suggesting That We Abolish The Social Function Of Prisons.