tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-16645996.post6714886172830250279..comments2023-07-04T21:12:47.972-05:00Comments on Why Am I Not Surprised?: War Is Hellchangeseekerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18350201531677548579noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-16645996.post-28611206808218058852007-07-10T21:38:00.000-05:002007-07-10T21:38:00.000-05:00dna: I had no idea about the Andre 3000 song, but ...dna: I had no idea about the Andre 3000 song, but I'm not surprised. Outkast has done some excellent work. I even went to see Idlewild. It was uneven, I thought, but they are SO talented and some of the musical numbers were TOTALLY worth going for. The poem is deeper than the cartoon, of course. I appreciate you bringing that up.<BR/><BR/>Mary: The prison industrial complex is driving the train now, not only where race is concerned, but even economics in general. The Federal Bureau of Prisons Industries is now the single biggest industry in our nation.<BR/><BR/>Charles: I completely agree. It's funny you should say that because I once made the comment that I thought prison was this society's answer to Affirmative Action legislation.changeseekerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18350201531677548579noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-16645996.post-52808082610471553892007-07-10T19:44:00.000-05:002007-07-10T19:44:00.000-05:00yes, you are right that the problem is multi-dimen...yes, you are right that the problem is multi-dimensional and more complex than the "stop snitching" aspect.<BR/><BR/>As for peacechick's comment, I would say that prison is the natural racial evolution of state control after segregation was broken down in the 60s.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-16645996.post-84233927405392930572007-07-10T17:12:00.000-05:002007-07-10T17:12:00.000-05:00NPR had a segment on the air today about the "lega...NPR had a segment on the air today about the "legal slavery" made by the prison system. They pointed out that the slave labor now comes from the same black population only now it's from the prison business.Peacechick Maryhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16808832340636218022noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-16645996.post-65074376103093468512007-07-10T14:56:00.000-05:002007-07-10T14:56:00.000-05:00Great post Changeseeker. Lawmakers need to become ...Great post Changeseeker. Lawmakers need to become of aware of the role that law enforcement plays by treating children like potential criminals. Your description "the war on drugs" as becoming a war over drugs is mad true.<BR/><BR/><BR/>By the way, the joke in the above cartoon appears in an Outkast song called "Da Art Of Storytelling". It appears as an exchange between Andre 3000 and a girl he knew as a child, he says:<BR/><BR/><BR/><I>in the middle of the ghetto on the curb, but in spite<BR/><BR/>of all the bullshit we on our back starin at the stars above<BR/><BR/>Talkin bout what we gonna be when we grow up<BR/><BR/>I said what you wanna be she said "alive"<BR/><BR/>made me think for a minute then looked in her eyes<BR/><BR/>I coulda died</I><BR/><BR/>There's more, but it's terribly sad. Great song though.dnAhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01586573684707972440noreply@blogger.com