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Many moons ago, I read a cover story in the Washington Post magazine entitled, "The Mystery of Goodness", which featured an exceptional individual by the name of Bryan Stevenson. I was deeply impressed by this brother's convictions, energy & vision. At that time, I felt like my life really wouldn't amount to much unless I gave more of myself. I remember venturing out to become part of several community organizations like For The Love of Children, PIRG, Amnesty Int'l, to name a few. This elusive "goodness" that we all seek, can take many forms, and sometimes one runs into many stumbling blocks along the way, but we should never allow negative people/circumstances deter us from our goals, no matter how many times we fall short. Like Bryan Stevenson once stated, " I want to feel the pleasure of God....to be a witness for hope and decency and commitment". With that said, we need to acknowledge that there is a great injustice being foisted upon our young by a deformed criminal justice system which is sending generations of mostly non-white youths to prison for non-violent crimes. We need to act.
Bryan Stevenson, founder and executive director of Equal Justice Initiative, shares stories about America's justice system and illustrates the imbalance of justice along racial and economic lines. He also takes on the death penalty and the alarming conviction error rate. "One of out three black men between the ages of 18 and 30 is in jail, in prison, on probation or parole," Stevenson said in his talk. "... We have a system of justice in this country that treats you much better if you're rich and guilty than if you're poor and innocent. Wealth, not culpability, shapes outcomes." Also check out Angela Davis & Michelle Alexander expand upon these issues:
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