April 2009
3 posts
on "justice" for Angie Zapata
wordsandsteel: So, here’s the thing: I recognize that the prison-industrial complex is really f-ed up, unjustly targets young men of color, and serves the economic and political interests of the ruling elite. Yes. My question has ALWAYS been, however, that in cases so brutal— the Zapata murder, as the example here— what do we do about the perpetrators of such violent transphobic/racist acts? I’m...
Apr 25th
“As [the study of colonial discourse] begins to be absorbed into the discipline,...”
– Gayatri Chakravorty Spivak, Outside in the Teaching Machine
Apr 6th
Judges Plead Guilty in Scheme to Jail Youths for... →
My goodness.  Seems to me that this is a time when moral outrage has its uses.  Is it possible, when evidence like this comes to light, to doubt the existence of a prison-industrial complex?
Apr 3rd