African American
In reply to the discussion: Thom Hartman joins number of white progressives slamming those criticizing #BLM [View all]unapatriciated
(5,390 posts)I have stood up before the grand babies arrived regarding this injustice and will continue to do so. I have been protesting one injustice or another since the Vietnam War. The reason I disagreed with their tactics (not that they protested) because at first glance I perceived it as violent when in reality it was frustration. The knee-jerking will happen less often among those of us who really care and have for a long time. My sister and I have been speaking against prisons for profit and the so called drug war since they first came on the scene. We both realized a long time ago that AA's were unjustly targets of these two things. Mandatory sentences is another thing that affects poc and women (believe it or not) more harshly than white males.