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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]1) You csnnot blame antisemitism among black men solely on their exposure to the NOI while serving their sentences. How then would you explain antisemitism among those who never went to prison? Farrakhan, through his henchmen, reach out to them as well.

2) Reforming the prison system is a decade-long undertaking (at least). We can, however, IMMEDIATELY disallow DC public officials from helping spread Farrakhan's hatred and bigotry to the non-prison population.

3) The first priority of the prison system, at least as it relates to violent crime, is protection of the general population from violent people. Second is rehabilitation.

4) Let's not blame society entirely. These men are in prison for burglary, assault, what-have-you. Surely you are not implying that poor black men from uneducated homes all commit crimes and end up in jail?

So, let's not start with the most difficult population and system to reform - convicted criminals and prisons. Let's start with poor, angry men who are looking for a scapegoat, and who find it in Jews courtesy of Farrakhan's hate speech.
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I wasn’t blaming all antisemitism among blacks on the Prison Industrial Complex I was pointing to it as a key component in creating a conducive environment for such bigotry.  Prison is a rough place that no one outside of a superhero can endure alone.  Everyone in prison needs to latch onto a group for survival.  Where were the Bloods and the Crips born?  What environment led to the birth and expansion of MS-13?  Where are the NeoNazis and Skinheads of today spawned?  Yeah there’s all kinds of literature and propaganda online for somebody can stumble across on all of them but mass indoctrination happens behind bars and the NOI is for all intents and purposes just another prison gang with all the hatred/intolerance as any other but just a little less dedicated to violence.  You make a good point - starting with the poor angry disenfranchised people who society chews up dail and spits out without care or concern.  But while their interest in hatred/intolerance may already be peaked because of their respective plights it’s behind bars where they make the connections and the commitments to their ideologies.[/quote]

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