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Separatism in american justice system part i v2
1. SEPARATISM IN AMERICAN JUSTICE SYSTEM: TRUTH & THEORY
W.E.B. Du Bois communicated in ―The Souls of Black Folk,‖ 1903:
The problem of this century as the ―problem of the color-line‖
2. SEPARATISM IN AMERICAN JUSTICE SYSTEM: TRUTH & THEORY
Dr. Frances Cress Welsing communicates in ―The Isis Papers, 1991:”
White genetic survival is the dynamic behind the high incarceration rate of Black males in
the U.S., which is second only to that of South Africa.
The high rate of Black male incarceration contributes in genocidal fashion to the
prevention of Black births and the Black male-supported development of all Black
children, particularly boys.
3. SEPARATISM IN AMERICAN JUSTICE SYSTEM:
Schools and Prisons: Fifty Years After Brown v. Board of Education, Sentencing
Project, April 2004 in Washington DC communicates:
the majority of illegal drug users and dealers in America, nationwide are white, yet three-
fourths of all people imprisoned for drug offenses have been black or brown.
4. SEPARATISM IN AMERICAN JUSTICE SYSTEM:
The National Institute on Drug Abuse reported in 2000 the following
data(survey):
White students use cocaine at seven times the rate of students of color
White students use crack cocaine at eight times the rate of students of color
White students use heroin at seven times the rate of students of color
White students and students of color in high school have basically the same rate of
marijuana usage
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The Human Rights Watch reported in 2000 the following data(survey):
In 7 states – African Americans represent 80-90% of all drug offenders sent to prison
In 15 states – blacks are admitted to prison on drug charges of a rate from twenty to fifty-seven
times greater than that of white men
Nationwide the rate of incarceration of African Americans far exceeds that of whites
As the War on Drugs revved up in the 1980s: prison admissions for African Americans hit the
roof actually ―quadrupling‖ in 3 years
Then the rate steadily increased until it reached a level in 2000, more than 26xs the levels in
1983 for African Americans
For Latinos in 2000 drug admissions was 22xs than in 1983
Now for whites there was an increase at 8xs in 2000 than in 1983, but their respective numbers
are small compared to that of People of Color
6. SEPARATISM IN AMERICAN JUSTICE SYSTEM:
The National Household Survey on Drug Abuse reported in 2000 the
following data(survey):
White youth aged 12-17 are more than a third more likely to have sold illegal drugs than
African-American youth
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In addition, during the year 2000 as the Human Rights Watch reported at the
same time as the National Household Survey on Drug Abuse, this is what the
Human Rights Watch had to say:
―African Americans were being arrested and imprisoned at unprecedented rates,
government data revealed that blacks were no more likely to be guilty of drug
crimes than whites and that white youth were actually the most likely of any racial
or ethnic group to be guilty of illegal drug possession and sales. ‗Any notion that
drug use among blacks is more severe or dangerous is belied by the data; white
youth have about three times the number of drug-related emergency room visits as
their African-American counterparts.‖
8. SEPARATISM IN AMERICAN JUSTICE SYSTEM: TRUTH & THEORY
Dr. Frances Cress Welsing communicates in The Isis Papers, 1991:
Only the willingness of non-white peoples worldwide to recognize, analyze,
understand and discuss openly the genocidal dynamic will bring this injustice
to an end.
Most important, Black males must help one another to understand that they
are being led by the dynamic of white supremacy to inflict extreme damage
upon themselves, one another and ultimately the Black race.
Black males must understand that, contrary to what is said, the war being
conducted in urban centers is not against drugs but against Black males—for
the purpose of white genetic survival.
9. SEPARATISM IN AMERICAN JUSTICE SYSTEM: TRUTH & THEORY
Dr. Frances Cress Welsing communicates in The Isis Papers, 1991:
In the present era, truth and justice have been crushed by the global power
system of white supremacy, making the existence of peace on the planet
impossible under this reign of terror.
The attempt in this work to reveal some aspects of the in-depth truth about
the white supremacy power system for the ultimate purpose of establishing
justice and peace in the world is in the tradition of the great African, goddess,
Isis.
I hope that with this knowledge the world’s non-white people(black, brown,
red and yellow) will work more effectively to neutralize this global and most
monstrous form of injustice and chaos.
10. SEPARATISM IN AMERICAN JUSTICE SYSTEM: TRUTH & THEORY
Dr. Frances Cress Welsing communicates in The Isis Papers, 1991:
Any person not interested in a definition, analysis and deeper understanding
of worldwide white supremacy must have an interest (conscious or
subconscious) in maintaining the same.
Those who will to work for justice and who understand that work as their
conscious responsibility will be found in all places and in all walks of life, at
all level of formal education and at all income levels.
There are no class or race divisions nor language barriers for those who do
this cosmic work.
It is time to solve this problem once and for all.
It is time for justice on the planet Earth.
11. SEPARATISM IN AMERICAN JUSTICE SYSTEM: TRUTH & THEORY
T he Is i s Pa per s , 1991 T he N ew J i m C r ow, 2010
White genetic survival is the dynamic Mass Incarceration achieves racial
behind the high incarceration rate of Black segregation by segregating prisoners—
males in the U.S., which is second only to the majority of whom are black and
that of South Africa. brown—from mainstream society.
Prisoners are kept behind bars, typically
more than a hundred miles from home.
Prisoners are thus hidden from public
view, out of sight, out of mind.
Bars and walls keep hundreds of
thousands of black and brown people
away from mainstream society—a form
of apartheid unlike any the world has
ever seen.
12. SEPARATISM IN AMERICAN JUSTICE SYSTEM:
T h e N ew J i m Cr ow, 201 0: T h e N e w J i m C r ow, 2 0 1 0 :
Po li ti ca l Di s enfra nch i semen t Po li ti c a l Di s e n fra n c h i se me n t
Under the usual-residence rule, the This has enormous consequences for the
Census Bureau counts imprisoned redistricting process.
individuals as residents of the
jurisdiction in which they are
incarcerated.
Because most new prison construction White rural communities that house
occurs in predominately white, rural prisons wind up with more people in
areas, white communities benefit from state legislatures representing them, while
inflated population totals at the expense poor communities of color lose
of the urban, overwhelmingly black and representatives because it appears their
brown communities from which the population has declined.
prisoners come.
13. SEPARATISM IN AMERICAN JUSTICE SYSTEM: TRUTH & THEORY
T h e N ew J i m Cr ow, 201 0: T h e N e w J i m C r ow, 2 0 1 0 :
Po li ti ca l Di s enfra nch i semen t R a c i a l S e g r e ga ti o n
This policy is disturbingly reminiscent of Although rural counties contain only 20
the three-fifths clause in the original percent of the U.S. population, 60
Constitution, which enhanced the percent of new prison construction
political clout of slaveholding states by occurs there.
including 60 percent of slaves in the Even prisons—the actual buildings—are
population base for calculating a rare sight for many Americans, as they
Congressional seats and electoral votes, are often located far from population
even though they could not vote. centers.
In a s ens e, i n ca rcera ti o n i s a f a r m o r e
ex tr em e f o r m o f p hys i ca l a n d r es i d en ti a l
s eg r ega ti o n th a n J i m C r ow s eg r ega ti o n .
14. SEPARATISM IN AMERICAN JUSTICE SYSTEM:
T h e N e w J i m C r o w, 2 0 1 0 T h e N e w J i m C r o w, 2 0 1 0
How Does Mass Incarceration How Does Mass Incarceration
R e a l l y Wo r k – 5 Wa y s R e a l l y Wo r k – 5 Wa y s
Convictions for drug offenses are the Drug arrests have tripled since 1980.
single most important explosion in
incarceration rates in the United States.
Drug offenses alone account for two- As a result, more than 31 million people
thirds of the rise in state prisoners have been arrested since the drug war
between 1985-2000. began.
Approximately a half-million people are Nothing has contributed more to the
in prison or jail for a drug offense today, systematic mass incarceration of people
compared to an estimated 41,000 in of color in the United States than the
1980—an increase of 1,100 percent. War on Drugs.
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T h e N e w J i m C r o w, 2 0 1 0 T h e N e w J i m C r o w, 2 0 1 0
Tw o M y t h s A b o u t T h e D r u g Wa r Tw o M y t h s A b o u t T h e D r u g Wa r
The Drug War is aimed at ridding the The Drug War is principally
nation of drug ―kingpins‖ or big- concerned with dangerous drugs—
time dealers—WRONG WRONG
(1) The vast majority of those arrested (1) Arrests for marijuana possession—a
are not charged with serious offenses. drug less harmful than tobacco or
alcohol—accounted for nearly 80
(2) In 2005, four out of five arrests were
percent of the growth in drug arrests in
for possession, and only one out of the 1990s.
five was for sales.
(2) Despite the fact that most drug arrests
(3) Most people in state prison for drug are for nonviolent minor offenses, the
offenses have no history of violence War on Drugs has ushered in an era of
or significant selling activity. unprecedented punitiveness.
16. SEPARATISM IN AMERICAN JUSTICE SYSTEM:
The percentage of drug arrests that result in prison sentences (rather than
dismissal, community service, or probation) has quadrupled, resulting in a
prison-building boom the likes of which the world has ever seen. (The New
Jim Crow, 2010)
In two short decades, between 1980 and 2000, the number of people
incarcerated in our nation’s prisons and jails soared from roughly 300,000 to
more than 2 million. (Ibid)
By the end of 2007, more than 7 million Americans-or one in every 31
adults—were behind bars, on probation, or on parole. (Ibid)
People charged with drug offenses, though, are disproportionately poor
people of color. (Ibid)
They are typically charged with felonies and sentenced to prison. (Ibid)
17. SEPARATISM IN AMERICAN JUSTICE SYSTEM:
T h e N e w J i m C r o w, 2 0 1 0 T h e N e w J i m C r o w, 2 0 1 0
W h i t e M a l e s – D r u n k D r iv i n g W h i t e M a l e s – D r u n k D r iv i n g
Drunk drivers are predominantly Although drunk driving carries a far
white and male. greater risk of violent death than the
White men comprised 78% of the use or sale of illegal drugs, the
arrests for this offense in 1990 when societal response to drunk drivers
new mandatory minimums governing has generally emphasized keeping the
drunk driving were being adopted. person functional and in society,
They are generally charged with while attempting to respond to the
misdemeanors and typically receive dangerous behavior through
sentences involving fines, license treatment and counseling.
suspension, and community service.
18. SEPARATISM IN AMERICAN JUSTICE SYSTEM:
T h e N e w J i m C r o w, 2 0 1 0 T h e N e w J i m C r o w, 2 0 1 0
W h i t e M a l e s — D r u n k D r iv i n g W h i t e M a l e s — D r u n k D r iv i n g
At the close of the decade, drunk drivers In fact, the number of deaths related to
were responsible for approximately all illegal drugs combined was tiny
22,000 deaths annually, while overall compared to the number of deaths
alcohol-related deaths were close to caused by drunk drivers.
100,000 a year. The total of all drug-related deaths due
to AIDS, drug overdose, or the violence
By contrast, during the same time period, associated with the illegal drug trade, was
there were no prevalence statistics at all estimated at 21,000 annually—less than
on crack, much less crack-related deaths. the number of deaths directly caused by
drunk drivers, and a small fraction of the
number of alcohol-related deaths that
occur every year.
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T h e N e w J i m C r o w, 2 0 1 0 T h e N e w J i m C r o w, 2 0 1 0
W h i t e M a l e s — D r u n k D r iv i n g B l a c k M a l e s – D r u g Po s s e s s i o n
In response to growing concern— Possession of a tiny amount of crack
fueled by advocacy groups such as cocaine, on the other hand, carries a
MADD and by the media coverage mandatory minimum sentence of
of drunk-driving fatalities-most five years in federal prison.
states adopted tougher laws to
punish drunk driving.
Numerous states now have some
type of mandatory sentencing for
this offense—typically two days in
jail for a first offense and two—ten
days for a second offense.
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T h e N e w J i m C r o w, 2 0 1 0 : T h e N e w J i m C r o w, 2 0 1 0 :
M a r i j u a n a D i c h o t o my - - B l a c k s M a r i j u a n a D i c h o t o my - - W h i t e s
In the early 1900s, marijuana was In the 1960s, though, when marijuana
perceived—rightly or wrongly—as a drug became associated with the white middle
used by blacks and Mexican Americans, class and college kids, commissions were
leading to the Boggs Act of the 1950s, promptly created to study whether
penalizing first-time possession of marijuana was really harmful as once
marijuana with a sentence of two to five thought.
years in prison. By 1970, the Comprehensive Drug
Abuse Prevention and Control Act
differentiated marijuana from other
narcotics and lowered federal penalties.
T h e s a m e d r u g t h a t h a d b e e n c o n s i d e r e d f e a r s o m e t w e n t y ye a r s
e a r l i e r, w h e n a s s o c i a t e d w i t h A f r i c a n - A m e r i c a n s a n d L a t i n o s , wa s
r e f a s h i o n e d a s a r e l a t ive l y h a r m l e s s d r u g w h e n a s s o c i a t e d w i t h
whites.
21. SEPARATISM IN AMERICAN JUSTICE SYSTEM: TRUTH & THEORY
T h e I s i s Pa p e r s , 1 9 9 1 : T h e N e w J i m C r o w, 2 0 1 0 :
M e l a n i n Fa c t o r M e l a n i n Fa c t o r
Under the white supremacy system, the A fairly consistent finding is that
more melanin pigmentation present in punitiveness and hostility almost always
the skin and thus the darker the increase when people are primed—even
individual, the greater the subliminally—with images or verbal cues
―inferiorization‖ pressure imposed by the associated with African Americans.
racist system. In fact, studies indicate that people
Thus, amongst all non-white peoples, become increasingly harsh when an
Blacks are most victimized by this alleged criminal is darker and more
process. ―stereotypically black‖;
22. SEPARATISM IN AMERICAN JUSTICE SYSTEM: TRUTH & THEORY
T h e Is i s Pa per s , 1 991 : T h e N e w J i m C r ow, 2 0 1 0 :
M ela ni n Fa cto r M e la n i n Fa c to r
Particularly, darker Black people receive In fact, studies indicate that people
extreme victimization—even amongst become increasingly harsh when an
Black people themselves. alleged criminal is darker and more
This skin coloration code established by ―stereotypically black‖; they are more
the global white collective, like other lenient when the accused is lighter and
methods of Black subjugation, is appears more stereotypically white.
essential to white genetic survival.
This is true of jurors as well as law
This same code causes Black people to
say ―Don’t marry anyone darker than enforcement officers.
yourself,‖ preferring light-skinned
persons as mates.
23. SEPARATISM IN AMERICAN JUSTICE SYSTEM: TRUTH & THEORY
Media Image Campaign, 2011
T h e I s i s Pa p e r s , 1 9 9 1 W hy N o t U s e A H i g h - Ye l l o w
M e l a n i n Fa c t o r Black Gir l With Straight Hair —
A s k Yo u r s e l f t h e Q u e s t i o n ?
―Don’t marry anyone darker than
yourself,‖ preferring light-skinned
persons as mates.
Such socially imposed patterns of
thinking yield the Black infant its
first direct experience with rejection
and negation by the racist social
system he or she is born into; this
negation will continue for the entire
life span.
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M ed i a Im a ge Ca m p a i gn , M ed i a I m a ge C a m p a i gn ,
1983 1986
― Jus t Sa y N o ‖ ― Ju s t S a y N o ‖
Mela ni n Fa cto r M ela n i n Fa cto r
25. SEPARATISM IN AMERICAN JUSTICE SYSTEM: TRUTH & THEORY
T he Is i s Pa per s , 1991 T he N ew J i m C r ow, 2010
Failing to comprehend the environmental More African Americans adults are under
context of the white supremacy system correctional today—in prison or jail, on
and its ultimate goal of white genetic probation or parole—than were enslaved
survival, Black people also fail to grasp in 1850, a decade before the Civil War
the deeper sense of what actually is began.
occurring in front of our eyes. The mass incarceration of people of
color is a big part of the reason that a
black child born today is less likely to be
raised by both parents than a black child
born during slavery.
26. SEPARATISM IN AMERICAN JUSTICE SYSTEM: TRUTH & THEORY
T he Is i s Pa per s , 1991 T he N ew J i m C r ow, 2010
The destruction of Black males for the The absence of black fathers from
purpose of white genetic survival is the families across America is not simply a
reason behind the ever-increasing function of laziness, immaturity, or too
disparity between the number of Black much time watching Sports Center.
females entering and graduating from Thousands of black men have
high schools and institutions of higher disappeared into prisons and jails, locked
education compared to the far lesser away for drug crimes that are largely
number of Black males. ignored when committed by whites.
27. SEPARATISM IN AMERICAN JUSTICE SYSTEM: TRUTH & THEORY
T he Is i s Pa per s , 1991 T he N ew J i m C r ow, 2010
They can compensate for their color The clock has been turned back on racial
inadequacy only by placing themselves in progress in America, though scarcely
socially superior positions. anyone seems to notice.
The color inadequacy of whiteness All eyes are fixed on people like Barack
necessitates a social structure based on Obama, and Oprah Winfrey, who have
white superiority. defied the odds and risen to power, fame
Only tokenism can be tolerated by such a and fortune.
motivational psychological state, wherein For those left behind, especially those
the evolution of the myth of the within prison walls, the celebration of
exceptional non-white is used, again, as a racial triumph in America must seem a
defense mechanism. tad premature.
28. SEPARATISM IN AMERICAN JUSTICE SYSTEM: TRUTH & THEORY
T he Is i s Pa per s , 1991 T he N ew J i m C r ow, 2010
Only tokenism can be tolerated by such a All eyes are fixed on people like Barack
motivational psychological state, wherein Obama and Oprah Winfrey, who have
the evolution of the myth of the defied the odds and risen to power, fame
exceptional non-white is used, again, as a and fortune.
defense mechanism. More black men are imprisoned today
than at any other moment in our nation’s
The color inadequacy of whiteness history.
necessitates a social structure based on
More are disenfranchised today than in
white superiority. 1870, the year the 15 th Amendment was
ratified prohibiting laws that explicitly
deny the right to vote on the basis of
race.
29. SEPARATISM IN AMERICAN JUSTICE SYSTEM: TRUTH & THEORY
T he Is i s Pa per s , 1991 T he N ew J i m C r ow, 2010
They can compensate for their color Young black men today may be just as
inadequacy only by placing themselves in likely to suffer discrimination in
socially superior positions. employment, housing, public benefits,
and jury service as a black man in the Jim
Crow era—discrimination that is
perfectly legal, because it is based on
one’s criminal record.
The color inadequacy of whiteness This is the new normal, the new racial
necessitates a social structure based on equilibrium.
white superiority.
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T he N ew J i m C r ow, 2010 T he N ew J i m C r ow, 2010
The launching of the War on Drugs and Media campaigns were waged; politicians
the initial construction of the new blasted ―soft‖ judges and enacted harsh
systems required the expenditure of sentencing laws; poor people of color
tremendous political initiative and were vilified.
resources.
The system now, however, requires very In fact, if you are white and middle class,
little maintenance or justification. you might not even realize the drug war
is still going on.
Most high school and college students They were young children when the war
today have no recollection of the was declared, or not even born yet. Crack
political and media frenzy surrounding is out; terrorism is in.
the drug war in the early years.
31. Separatism in America
Physical Bondage
Black Folk
Race Ideology Instruments of
(Exploitation) Propaganda
Racism 1 2
Racialism Media
Civil Rights Movement
Jim Crow 1 2
Black Folk
(Subordination) Affirmative Action
3
(R&B)
Sub-Prime Mass Incarceration Age of
Mortgages in Black and Brown Black and Brown Black and Brown Colorblindness
Black Male Health Care Divide
Communities of Economic Divide Education Divide (Tokenism:
Color (Marginalization)
OBAMA &OPRAH)
Extreme
Marginalization
&
Racial & Ethnic
Stigmatization
Legend: GWS=Global White Supremacy R&B=Racial Bribe, Tokenism=Individualism versus Collectivism