Tag: trump

+

+ immigration, politics, incarceration, japanese incarceration, mass incarceration, ICE

Open Letter to My Representative on Proposed ICE Processing Facility

by Unknown's avatar

Over the past few months, we have seen an increase in DHS seeking to buy warehouses to store individuals, creating concentration camps reminiscent of Japanese internment and other such atrocities. They have been seeking to buy these warehouses all across the nation, from New Jersey to Kansas and from Texas to Georgia. Community pushback has deterred a lot of these purchases, but others, even amidst … Read More Open Letter to My Representative on Proposed ICE Processing Facility

+

+ alligator alcatraz, budget, concentration camp, lillian e smith

Amidst the Cruelty, Where Do You Stand?

by Unknown's avatar

Years ago, when I taught in Louisiana, I remember a student walking into the classroom with an “Angola, a gated community” t-shirt. I grew up in Louisiana, I knew about Angola, specifically that it rests on the lands of a former plantation and its long record of humanitarian offenses. I also knew it was the largest maximum-security prisons in the United States. I also … Read More Amidst the Cruelty, Where Do You Stand?

Archive
Follow me on Twitter
Follow Us

Blog at WordPress.com.