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Undergraduate students presenting their work to teach back & bring awareness to law, policy and legal frameworks in the US. Trolls will be blocked.
Young people stepping up and calling this moment for what it is, is the best thing on the interwebs today.
Rolling Stone@rollingstone.com · 2y ago“Right now, the answer to authoritarianism isn’t to be quiet." - @katmabu.bsky.social Exclusive interview ⤵️
Law is not a neutral or static force; it is a tool used to maintain power and shape hierarchies. Systems of control that disproportionately affect marginalized communities, particularly communities of color, should challenge us to think critically about the law, and concepts of legal and illegal.
It’s the last day of #SunshineWeek — and we’ve got something sweet to serve! Our Sweet Tea w/Transparency site, our toolkit for government transparency in southern states, just got an update!
Families of color are often targeted under the Child Welfare system, in particular there has been an disproportionate amount of Native families losing parental rights compared to others. This graph shows the discrepancies between Indigenous families and other families www.hrw.org/news/2022/11...
Prison Abolition, A World without Prisons Upending our current system and putting the needs of those who are harmed first. Right now prisons are used too often for dealing with the inequalities and problems that our health, welfare, education and employment systems aren't solving.
(1/3) What is DEI and why is meritocracy so bad? In the presentation below, I go into what DEI is, what it means for people, and how merit-based systems simply do not work because of structural inequalities in America. #DEI #Meritocracy
5/6 Immigration is often a hot topic in our current society and politics; impacting how immigrants are viewed and law is used to prevent them from succeeding in their attempt to look for a better life. Recent executive orders and bills proposed challenge the role law plays in immigration.
Good evening everybody, Today I wanted to write about a concept we talked about in class called carceral creep. It reminded me of an issue that happens often in games that I have played and I think that the comparison would help new people access this topic of conversation. (1/3)
In the 70s & 80s, feminists connected violence against women to a critique of state violence. Emily Thuma @haymarketbooks.org traces how this anti-carceral feminism got hijacked by tough-on-crime lawmakers—then revived in the modern prison abolition movement.
Feminism Against the Carceral State - Emily L. Thuma - Inquest
Seventies-era anti-carceral feminism opposed “tough on crime” policymaking and played an important role in the making of today’s prison abolition movement.
inquest.org
Must read: Mahmoud Khalil speaks out for the first time since his arrest by the Trump administration in an exclusive letter, dictated over the phone to his family, from ICE detention in Louisiana.
Settlercolonialism has been a hot topic for years, but it isn’t a thing of the past, it shapes the world we live in today. The effects of land loss and systemic inequalities are still felt by indigenous communities everyday. #Decolonize
What defines America? How do the lasting effects of settler colonialism and racial capitalism shape the society? I created this post to highlight how these systems were presented in the world, influencing economic and social structures. #UWTREAL
Racialized policies and laws can be found throughout history. Scott Michaelsen shows the connection with Japanese internment and the Patriot Act and how they led to the border policies of today. Steven Salaita argues that the Palestine exception to free speech shows it's functionality. -CME
For @truthout.org I wrote about Mahmoud Khalil’s detention, how Trump is capitalizing on the normalization of incarcerating immigrants to enforce his creeping fascist agenda, and why this moment calls for us to bridge across our movements for social change. truthout.org/articles/kha...
Khalil Case Shows How Migrant Justice and Palestine Solidarity Are Tied Together
The detention of Columbia University activist Mahmoud Khalil was made possible by the normalization of deportation.
truthout.org
What is the exception to free speech for Palestine? How can we, as individuals, help support Palestine? I’ve created this post to spread awareness on this issue and share knowledge of how you can help. #UWTREAL
Did you know that 80% of the world’s biodiversity is on indigenous lands? Indigenous stewardship serves as an example for how we can heal our broken relationship with the natural world. It serves as an act of resistance against environmental racism and capitalist exploitation.
The prison abolition movement argues that incarceration harms society more than it helps society, and that our system for dealing with those that break the law needs to fundamentally change away from incarceration.
Good Evening everyone, Today I wanted to present to you all a discussion on the concept of the prison nation. We had a really good discussion in class and I figured that it would be beneficial for more people to be aware about. (1/2)
In our class, we learned about how Black women are treated in the criminal justice system based on author Richie’s 2012 novel “Arrested Justice: Black Women, Violence, and America’s Prison Nation. How are black women targeted in these prisons, and how can we change the cycle #ArrestedJustice
Fast fashion in Bangladesh is a case study in racial capitalism and in resistance. As a student watching student-led protests in Bangladesh, this story reminds me of the key role young people play in demanding social progress.
Economic and social exclusion doesn't just hurt individuals — it holds entire communities back. We need to prioritize equitable access to education and create an inclusive society where financial stability is a right, not a privilege.
“The interface between violence against women law enforcement intervention, the use of technology, the boundary between citizen rights and institutional policies, and the creation of laws to regulate the above collided” - Beth E. Richie shows the realities and complexities of the US criminal system.
I interned at OIG and got to see first hand the great work they are doing. It really showed me that even though we don’t always see it, change is happening when you put good people and institutions in place. Change doesn't happen overnight; it takes hard work from professionals to get it done.
The 3 pronged Seattle police accountability system. It not only identifies problems on an individual level but a departmental level offering solutions to problems through community input and empirical evidence. By creating oversight a safer community is born by continuously making change.
Ian shows how laws & whiteness created the racialist institutions we have today. Common knowledge is the science courts of the past used to understand who was not white. In whiteness as property, we saw how the law constructed race and in doing so made whites superior to non-whites in the US.
The idea of Elastic Empire by @lbhungalia.bsky.social stood out to me the most— elastic implying the US empire stretching and expanding more and more— does this foreshadow the future of the US empire whose elasticity will reach the point of breaking/popping?
