From Chain Gangs to the “Modern” Southern Prison
Over the course of the twentieth century, southern moderates claimed to pursue growth and modernization, even as they more permanently enshrined a racialized carceral state.
5 posts in ‘racial capitalism’
Over the course of the twentieth century, southern moderates claimed to pursue growth and modernization, even as they more permanently enshrined a racialized carceral state.
The criminal legal system aims to send a message by massively overcharging him: it will defend racial capitalism above all else.
White civilians often spontaneously cooperate in acts of racial hatred. It’s a web of racist solidarity that Black people know all too well.
Violent policing is not a bug of capitalist societies but a feature. To end our dependence on it, we must first understand its connection to exploitation.
Credit scoring is control by another name. It keeps marginalized people from the means of survival and exposes them to punishment.