BlackAsCoal
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- Oct 13, 2008
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If what you are seeking is legislation that ensures equality as it pertains to the legal system, I agree whole hearetedly. Yes, it seems that blacks are not afforded the right to plea bargain as often as whites...nd I say that based on what I see here in NY.
But do you see either party pushing for such legislation?
I doubt I will ever see the GOP say "I disagree with that legislation as it will give all people the same rights"..
You are not seeking a leg up....you are seeking an equal playing field.
Ironically, that is what the GOP stands for. I see the DEM as pushing for a leg up for minorities.
If there is going to be any party .. outside of the Green Party .. that is going to address this blantant issue of racism in American courts, then that party will be the Democratic Party.
Surely you know the Republican Party won't go anywhere near that issue.
My admonition to the rest of us who fight this issue is that we must fight it on economic terms. We cannot depend on American sense of justice, sense of humanity, or any concern for the communities and families it devstates. This is America, we don't have that.
The issue must be fought on the question of how much does it cost taxpayers to be the greatest prison nation the world has ever known?
How many taxpayer dollars are going into supporting the prison / industrial complex and the corporations that rake the profits from it?
How many American workers are losing their jobs to America's slave industry?
We have to stop appealing to a consciousness that does not exist. Fight it on terms America understands, money.
The GOP may not go anywahere near such legislation...but they would never dare run away from it.
Yours is a passionate argument and I have no doubt you have analyzed this in many different ways....and thus I am sure there is truth to it.
But I can not debate it...or concur as I need to research it myself as well.
I will say, however, I find it quite an interesting hypothesis....and your argument is compelling.
Thank you brother.
If all conservatives were as open-minded as you .. I might consider joining. :0)
Always a pleasure talking to you.