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Title
Black lives have never mattered in the United States of America and never will: a "modern"-day slaves perspective
Author
Amen, Asar Imhotep
Pages
5 pages
State
California
Text (O)
Black Lives Have Never Mattered In The United States of America and Never Willi A "Modern"-Day Slaves Perspective By Asar Imhotep Amen,Ph.D. (aka I.T.Thomas) "One of the most tragic beliefs widely shared by Blacks throughout the world is that white people need or want us or will treat us equally and share societal resources with us. Faith continues to prevail in spite of overwhelming evidence which disputes this belief. Blacks continue to ignore the irrefutable truth that,in a ...
PID
apw:12344475
Date Uploaded
2016-10-21T13:51:15.887Z
Title
Coronavirus and prisoner's relationship with death
Author
Hooker, Donald
Date
2020-05-07
Pages
4 pages
Text (TR_WF)
Mprisondthotz Thotz From Thotz Mprisond Coronavirus and Prisoner's Relationship with Death by Donald "C-Note" Hooker As a political junkie, Friday's edition of the PBS NewsHour, is always must watch TV for me. On Friday, April 24th, 2020, reporter William Brangham was doing a human interest story on COVID-19. Somehow, he ran across a Facebook post from a New York City, Mount Sinai, ICU nurse, KP Mendoza. The 24-year- https://mprisondthotz.wordpress.com/2020/05/07/coronavir...
PID
apw:12360411
Date Uploaded
2020-12-02T18:48:07.893Z
Title
Due process in the era of me too
Author
Hooker, Donald
Pages
9 pages
Text (O)
Due Process in the Era of Me Too by DOW ‘.“C-N9t¢’.’!”H©1<@ On September 27, 2018, in the United States Senate's Judiciary Committee, the nation heard riveting testimony of an attempted sexual assault, and the denial of that assault. A crime that had occurred 37-years ago with no corroborating witnesses. In a he—say, she—say trial, who gets the benefit of the doubt? The accused, or the accuser? In this era of Me T00, is it guilty until you can prove yourself innocent, or innocent unti...
PID
apw:12356681
Date Uploaded
2019-05-24T16:38:40.953Z
Title
Mass incarceration
Author
Bolton, D'Arsey
Date
2017-05-23
Pages
2 pages
Text (O)
MASS INCARCERATION MASS INCARCERATION (The 13th Amendment) SYSTEM: Something made up of many interdependent or related parts. 2. A method worked out in advance for achieving some objective (Plan). 3. The means or procedure for doing something (Method). To understand the significance of mass incarceration you must first understand the word “system”. Mass incarceration is not by accident. A plan was put in place to lock us all up, to destroy us, to control us so we can never be the majority in th...
PID
apw:12350022
Date Uploaded
2018-03-16T00:30:32.776Z
Title
Mentacide: the psychological and physical murder of black men, women and children
Author
Amen, Asar Imhotep
Pages
9 pages
State
California
Text (TR_WF)
My name is Troy T. Thomas, Ph.D. (aka Asar Imhotep Amen). I'm a 48 year old African-American man from the San Francisco Bay Area. I'm presently serving a life sentence for murder. I have 20+ years experience as a community/social activist in Berkeley California. My major activist concerns include educational reform, prison/human rights issues, racial justice & equality. My Ph.D. is in Africana Studies which I've earned while incarcerated from Temple University. I am a pries...
PID
apw:12342790
Date Uploaded
2016-10-15T12:49:06.388Z
Title
Money
Author
Lewis, Kevin
Pages
5 pages
Text (TR_WF)
“Money” Money, some say it is the root of all evil but with the economy the way it is these days even honest American are looking for ways to make quick and easy cash. So for men like myself trapped behind the concrete walls and razor wire wrapped electric fences of Americas prisons, money is more like the root of all joy. For the right amount, slid to the right person, can get some of us just about any of the convenient pleasures the average American has come to take for granted. Such as: MP...
PID
apw:12355064
Date Uploaded
2019-01-16T20:16:49.057Z
Title
Punishment, revenge and torture: the heart of America's criminal "justice" system
Author
Amen, Asar Imhotep
Pages
8 pages
Text (O)
Punishment, Revenge, and Torture: The Heart of America ’s Criminal “Justice” System By T ray T. Thomas (aka Asar I. Amen) Punishment is central to criminal justice practice in the United States. Punishment is the act of making someone suffer for a fault or crime. According to the 1994 Merriam — Webster Dictionary, ”Punishment stresses the giving of some kind of pain or suffering to the wrongdoer rather than trying to reform the person.” Punishment as a response to violation grows out of the r...
PID
apw:12356617
Date Uploaded
2019-05-24T16:36:39.106Z
Title
Store day
Author
Lewis, Kevin
Pages
7 pages
Text (TR_WF)
Store Day Life, how precious and very fragile it is. A fact never far from your mind if you are unfortunate enough to call prison your home. The day starts like any other, at the level IV state prison, hot! By 8 a.m. I know it's going to be another scorcher, but I take solace in the fact that today starts 3rd draw, store day for me and everyone else here whose last 2 digits of their CDC #'s fall between 66 and 99. As I make my way through the fucked up, inconvenient, and totally use...
PID
apw:12355184
Date Uploaded
2019-01-21T19:17:38.036Z
Title
The eschatological dilemma: the problem of studying the black male only as the deaths that result from anti-black racism
Author
Amen, Asar Imhotep
Pages
23 pages
Text (FT)
The Eschatological Dilemma: The Problem of Studying The Black Male Only as the Deaths That Result from Anti-Black Racism By Asar Imhotep Amen, Ph.D. Creative Growth and Development Associates 
 Introduction The sensibilities of the Black American intellectual concerning race have historically been cemented to their ascendency within empire. How one writes about race, offering hope for change in opposition to the totality of racism, and communicates an aspiration for the possibilities made ava...
PID
apw:12346499
Date Uploaded
2017-08-16T00:14:08.435Z
Title
The myth of intersectionality to women of color
Author
Hooker, Donald
Pages
3 pages
Text (O)
The Myth of Intersectionality to Women of Color. by Donald "C-Note" Hooker Intersectionality, under the context of social justice, is a terminology that means, across social movements. Its meaning can best be summed through a parable. A White environmentalist at an evironmental conference is complaining, "Where are the Black people?" A fellow next to him asks, "Have you ever gone to a seminar on criminal justice?" The moral being, "How can you ask someone to...
PID
apw:12353194
Date Uploaded
2018-09-26T10:59:18.066Z
Title
The untapped potential of prison art
Author
Hooker, Donald
Pages
3 pages
Text (O)
THE UNTAPPED POTENTIAL OF PRISON ART by: Donald ”C—Note” Hooker If the 2.3 million American prison population were a city it would be the fourth largest behind New York, Los Angeles, and Chicago, all known for very vibrant art scenes. The American Prison culture, is a part of the American Street culture. Street art, is the biggest art movement in the history of the Planet. This is because Street art has many points of entry. There is the visual art, most commonly known as Graffiti art. The le...
PID
apw:12350060
Date Uploaded
2018-03-16T01:02:00.564Z
Title
What if Amy Goodman's Democracy Now had covered the Millions for Prisoners Human Rights March?
Author
Hooker, Donald
Pages
4 pages
Text (O)
What if Amy Goodman's Democracy Now had Covered the Millions for Prisoners Human Rights March? by Donald "C-Note" Hooker On January 21, 2017, in Washington, D.C., the Women's March was held. Two-hundred and ten-days later, on August 19, 2017, in Washington, D.C. , the Millions for Prisoners Human Rights March was held. Two-hundred and fourteen-days after that, on March 24, 2018, in Washington, D.C., the March for Our Lives was held. I became aware of Amy Goodman's Dem...
PID
apw:12353247
Date Uploaded
2018-09-26T11:00:12.909Z