But these prisons house hugely disproportionate numbers of people of color, betraying the racism embedded in the system, while studies show that increasing prison sentences has had no effect on crime. have been rising exponentially, evoking huge public concern about their proliferation, their recent privatization, and their promise of enormous profits. Davis Since the 1980s prison construction and incarceration rates in the U.S. Davis returns to her critique of a democracy that has been compromised by its racist origins. She talks about her own incarceration as well as her experience as an ‘enemy of the state’ and about having been put on the FBI’s most-wanted list. It is within this context that African-American intellectual Angela Davis gave a series of interviews to discuss resistance and law, institutional sexual coercion, politics, and prison. Abolition Democracy: Beyond Empire, Prisons, and Tortureīy Angela Davis Revelations about US policies and practices of torture and abuse have captured headlines ever since the breaking of the Abu Graib prison story in April 2004. Find one here Find more Anti-Racist Resources Here Women, Race, & Classīy Angela Davis is a powerful read of the women’s liberation movement in the US that demonstrates how it has always been hampered by the racist and classist biases of its leaders. Consider ordering books from a black-owned bookstore.
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