A Quote by Michael Eric Dyson

Furthermore, the financial and social investment in prisons means that black and brown youth become, essentially, fodder for the machinery of capitalized incarceration. The steady supply of guns in the U.S. makes an already untenable situation even more dangerous, and all of us must raise our voices, write to Congress, hit the streets in protest, attend budget meetings of local municipalities - all to state our opposition to such criminal procedures and practices for our youth.

Michael Eric Dyson

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Michael Eric Dyson
American - Author
Born: October 23, 1958

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John Kani

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Walter Raleigh

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