Reply #31: white guilt is prodded by those thoughts because the guilt is a result of

[nofurylike]

that very history. the article is not "a cheap and hamhanded appeal to white guilt," it is an indictment of the actions and behaviors that cause that guilt, and the fact that they are happening again, now.

not because * doesn't care. because the privileged and powerful of this entire country do not care. well, hate, in fact.

after seven years in prison, he taught himself to read, then completely educated himself, extensively. do you know that?

do you know this?:

In August 2004, a committee of prison officials commended Tookie for his positive steps in the past 10 years. Yet “corrections” made on their website – mysteriously removed one day later – alleged that Tookie “firmly entrenched himself as the leader of the Crips at San Quentin, wielding power as his lieutenants and other minions were dispatched to carry out his objectives.” Daniel Vasquez, warden at San Quentin from 1983 to 1993, said those remarks were “like corrections trying to drum up business for death row.”

what do you think of that? does it contradict something you'd previously believed/been told by the prosecution?

it did for me.

answer, agaaaaaaiiiiin

Stan Williams should be granted clemency.
once he has been, besides his already having an agreement to work with the NAACP and young people on breaking a vicious cycle of violence, he ought someday to be able to receive a fair re-trial. that's what i feel ought to happen.

thank you