You Have To Act As If It

There Is An Unbroken Line Of Police Violence In The United States That Takes Us All The Way Back To The Days Of Slavery, The Aftermath Of Slavery, The Development Of The Ku Klux Klan. There Is So Much History Of This Racist Violence That Simply To Bring One Person To Justice Is Not Going To Disturb The Whole Racist Edifice.

I Think That The Response To The Oj Simpson Trial Was Based On A Kind Of Sensibility That Emerged Out Of The Many Campaigns To Defend Black Communities Against Police Violence.

I Decided To Teach Because I Think That Any Person Who Studies Philosophy Has To Be Involved Actively.

I Don't Think It's Necessary To Feel Guilty. Because I Know That I'm Still Doing The Work That Is Going To Help More Sisters And Brothers To Challenge The Whole Criminal Justice System, And I'm Trying To Use Whatever Knowledge I Was Able To Acquire To Continue To Do The Work In Our Communities That Will Move Us Forward.

When Children Attend Schools That Place A Greater Value On Discipline And Security Than On Knowledge And Intellectual Development, They Are Attending Prep Schools For Prison.