When Bush Says Democracy, I Often Wonder

We Have Been Basically Persuaded That We Should Not Talk About Racism.

I Think That Has To Do With My Awareness That In A Sense We All Have A Certain Measure Of Responsibility To Those Who Have Made It Possible For Us To Take Advantage Of The Opportunities.

Because It Would Be Too Agonizing To Cope With The Possibility That Anyone, Including Our­ Selves, Could Become A Prisoner, We Tend To Think Of The Prison As Disconnected From Our Own Lives. This Is Even True For Some Of Us, Women As Well As Men, Who Have Already Experienced Imprisonment.

Prisons Do Not Disappear Problems, They Disappear Human Beings.

I'm Suggesting That We Abolish The Social Function Of Prisons.