Illinois Prison Bans Books On Black History/Empowerment
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Clay Puppington
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Ghostface Trillah
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They've been doing this to black people everywhere since the dawn of time. People out here praying to Cesar Borgia and believing every black person in the us came off a boat that white people put them on. White people don't want you to know your history because that's the first step to keeping you lost. It's why they banned slaves from doing their African traditions
get these nets
Veteran
I BETTER READ OR ELSE? WHO DO YOU THINK YOU ARE , RON ONEAL?
Rest In Peace to Bernie Casey and Ron O'neal.
you'll never see a scene like this in black movies again...what the fukk happened to us
/sarcasm
SleezyBigSlim
Banned
Its not about facing their wicked past its about stopping us from having knowledge because eventually that knowledge will lead to empowerment which leads to them being overthrown.Illinois Prison Banned Books On Black History And Empowerment From Inmate Program
Jamai Harris
In Illinois 3 out of every 4 inmates are black, yet, an Illinois prison banned an inmate education program from using books discussing black history or empowerment due to their “racial” content.
According to the Chicago Tribune, officials at Danville Correctional Center had removed 200 books from a prison library and banned for use in the education program . Removed were “several classic books of African American history, including The Souls of Black Folk, the anti-slavery novel Uncle Tom’s Cabin and the memoir of former slave and abolitionist Frederick Douglass.”
According to records obtained by the Tribune received, the dispute between the Illinois Department of Corrections and the Education Justice Project run under the auspices of the University of Illinois went back months.
As the Tribune explains:
The flap between the U. of I. program and IDOC officials started in November, when EJP began the review process for the upcoming semester’s books and course materials. That’s when a corrections lieutenant told program officials that the problem with the materials were that they were “racial,” according to testimony by EJP Director Rebecca Ginsburg.
The EJP library is separate from the prison library, and it follows a separate review process from reading materials sent to inmates through the prison mailroom. But Ginsburg told lawmakers [at a July hearing about the dustup] the review policy has gone through seven revisions over the past four years.
In this case, records show, EJP submitted 25 books for approval. Of those, four were denied outright, nine were allowed in for review but then denied and 12 were approved. Among the books not allowed in for review was “The Color of Law: A Forgotten History of How Our Government Segregated America.” Books denied after review for the spring semester deal largely with race and social issues, including “Uncle Tom’s Cabin” by Harriet Beecher Stowe and “Incidents in the Life of a Slave Girl” by Harriet Jacobs, both written in the 1800s.
During state legislative hearings over the matter in July, IDOC Acting Director Rob Jeffreys, said things should have been handled differently.
Jeffreys, according to the Tribune, said:
“While I’ve only been on this job a couple weeks, I can assure you this: I am committing to ensuring that rehabilitation programming is available to all men and women in our care,” Jeffreys told lawmakers. “I believe expanding educational and vocational opportunities is a key to breaking the cycle of incarceration for thousands of Illinois’ families.”
The mthfkas hate to face their wicked past
feelosofer
#ninergang
The system is being used to keep us in the dark about our history.
This makes me so mad and sad at the same time.
Why they do us like this? fukk this country...
Those who dont know their past are doomed to have no future.
Its why they made it illegal for slaves to read and write...and get an education.
What is the prison industrial complex now but modern day slavery?
