"More than 2 million people found themselves behind bars at the turn of the twenty-first century, and millions more were relegated to the margins of mainstream society, banished to a political and social space not unlike Jim Crow, where discrimination in employment, housing, and access to education was perfectly legal, and where they could be denied the right to vote. The system functioned relatively automatically, and the prevailing system of racial meanings, identities, and ideologies already seemed natural. Ninety percent of those admitted to prison for drug offenses in many states were black or Latino, yet the mass incarceration of communities of color was explained in race-neutral terms, an adaptation to the needs and demands of the current political climate."
Michelle Alexander, The New Jim Crow: Mass Incarceration in the Age of Colorblindness (via tonylucero)
(via newwavefeminism)
imagine how many of those people are in there for druuuuuuugs
AMERICA: FUCK YEAH! Coming again to save the motherfucking day yeah!
Can I just say, less than four hours ago I was having a panic attack (because) and I had nothing done, and now I just have the conclusion left to write on my homework. I’m proud of myself.
Also does anyone else have the experience of waking up *knowing* you’re going to have a panic attack later?
"When, as happened recently in France, an attempt is made to coerce women out of the burqa rather than creating a situation in which a woman can choose what she wishes to do, it’s not about liberating her, but about unclothing her. It becomes an act of humiliation and cultural imperialism. It’s not about the burqa. It’s about the coercion. Coercing a woman out of a burqa is as bad as coercing her into one. Viewing gender in this way, shorn of social, political and economic context, makes it an issue of identity, a battle of props and costumes. It is what allowed the US government to use western feminist groups as moral cover when it invaded Afghanistan in 2001. Afghan women were (and are) in terrible trouble under the Taliban. But dropping daisy-cutters on them was not going to solve their problems."
Arundhati Roy (via theseasonofthewitch)
(Source: jahanzebjz, via theseasonofthewitch)
Seriously. We are way behind.why the hell do we not have dish draining cupboards in america this is seriously such a beautiful invention
RIGHT
Someday I will actually be allowed to modify the place I live…
(via xicanabitch)
