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What is ICWA? Why is it important? Link to Video: www.youtube.com/watch?v=8mlO...

Families of color are often targeted under the Child Welfare system, in particular there has been an disproportionate amount of Native families losing parental rights compared to others. This graph shows the discrepancies between Indigenous families and other families www.hrw.org/news/2022/11...

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This is certainly an important critique to hold— I wonder how we might be able to raise this critique while also dealing with the fact that any avenues(DEI/affirmative action being the only ones we got to see yet) to address deep inequalities get butchered.

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Beautifully written, it is in the details. When we take time to understand an individual's circumstances then humanity can flow back into our society! -JG

I love that you noted some companies that still participate in DEI -JG

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UWT and Formally Incarcerated Students

A far greater need is to focus on systemic change, as opposed to remedial punishment. When we focus on blaming, prosecuting and punishing, we are ignoring the larger economic, structural and psychological harms committed of the state.

What will help is tackling the societal problems that led them to cause harm in the first place. Shifting priorities from prisons (both private and public) to allocating the funding for these prisons to social programs would be a step in the right direction.

https://sites.miamioh.edu/edt222-2017/2018/07/prison-abolition-with-project-based-learning/

People from poorer communities, or who have battled with mental health, grown up outside of a nuclear family, melanated and marginalized groups are all more likely to end up in prison. Crime will not be reduced by locking all these people up.

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Prison Abolition, A World without Prisons Upending our current system and putting the needs of those who are harmed first. Right now prisons are used too often for dealing with the inequalities and problems that our health, welfare, education and employment systems aren't solving.

https://socialmovements.trinity.duke.edu/movements/prison-abolition.html

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(3/3) DEI is under attack and the belief in meritocracy is only climbing. It is important that we protest anti-DEI initiatives, and educate people we know about the dangers of meritocracy.

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(2/3) Hiring based on merit sounds like the perfect system, but some critical flaws make meritocracy the enemy of equity, as explained in the slides below.

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(1/3) What is DEI and why is meritocracy so bad? In the presentation below, I go into what DEI is, what it means for people, and how merit-based systems simply do not work because of structural inequalities in America. #DEI #Meritocracy

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I also like your note on profit, both parties make money off of these actions. Monetization in videogames is rampant currently and companies can make tons off of new excitement. Similarly, the government makes money from prisons, bail, etc. by continuing to abuse carceral systems.

That's an amazing point, just as people want new exciting things in a game, people want "order" in society given by carceral systems. Both architects are happy to oblige.

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5/6 Immigration is often a hot topic in our current society and politics; impacting how immigrants are viewed and law is used to prevent them from succeeding in their attempt to look for a better life. Recent executive orders and bills proposed challenge the role law plays in immigration.

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Good evening everybody, Today I wanted to write about a concept we talked about in class called carceral creep. It reminded me of an issue that happens often in games that I have played and I think that the comparison would help new people access this topic of conversation. (3/3)

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Inquest @inquest.bsky.social · 18/03/2025

AG This is a very good message, it is not only important that we discuss the past but focus on education and continue to fight for the future!

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In the 70s & 80s, feminists connected violence against women to a critique of state violence. Emily Thuma @haymarketbooks.org traces how this anti-carceral feminism got hijacked by tough-on-crime lawmakers—then revived in the modern prison abolition movement.

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Feminism Against the Carceral State - Emily L. Thuma - Inquest

Seventies-era anti-carceral feminism opposed “tough on crime” policymaking and played an important role in the making of today’s prison abolition movement.

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Center for Constitutional Rights @ccrjustice.org · 18/03/2025

Must read: Mahmoud Khalil speaks out for the first time since his arrest by the Trump administration in an exclusive letter, dictated over the phone to his family, from ICE detention in Louisiana.

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Learn with us @uwt-real.bsky.social · 18/03/2025

Settlercolonialism has been a hot topic for years, but it isn’t a thing of the past, it shapes the world we live in today. The effects of land loss and systemic inequalities are still felt by indigenous communities everyday. #Decolonize

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AG Exclusion is an interesting topic to cover and becomes very intertwined with everything that we talk about in class such as law enabling it, which was set up by settler colonialism and kept in place by empire. All of these concepts come together like a web and exclusion is a great example of it.

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Learn with us @uwt-real.bsky.social · 18/03/2025

AG This is very eye opening, we are always taught in school about the trail of tears and other broken promises, but we need to start teaching about the extent of the mistreatment that the US government dishes out. Stories like that of the Lakota people need to be shared more.

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Learn with us @uwt-real.bsky.social · 17/03/2025

-GS, I like your post and how it shows the idea of the POV of a person who is nonwhite and is simply there to benefit and empower the elite whites in our country. I really like how you show us that point of view when presenting racial hierarchy and being the root of racial capitalism.

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Learn with us @uwt-real.bsky.social · 17/03/2025

- GS I like how you have presented on how courts and in the past the factor of being white gave you so many rights and power and also bringing up the quote in your work of " The law constructed whiteness as an objective fact."

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Learn with us @uwt-real.bsky.social · 17/03/2025

What defines America? How do the lasting effects of settler colonialism and racial capitalism shape the society? I created this post to highlight how these systems were presented in the world, influencing economic and social structures. #UWTREAL

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Learn with us @uwt-real.bsky.social · 16/03/2025

Racialized policies and laws can be found throughout history. Scott Michaelsen shows the connection with Japanese internment and the Patriot Act and how they led to the border policies of today. Steven Salaita argues that the Palestine exception to free speech shows it's functionality. -CME

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Silky Shah @silkys13.bsky.social · 15/03/2025

For @truthout.org I wrote about Mahmoud Khalil’s detention, how Trump is capitalizing on the normalization of incarcerating immigrants to enforce his creeping fascist agenda, and why this moment calls for us to bridge across our movements for social change. truthout.org/articles/kha...

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Khalil Case Shows How Migrant Justice and Palestine Solidarity Are Tied Together

The detention of Columbia University activist Mahmoud Khalil was made possible by the normalization of deportation.

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Learn with us @uwt-real.bsky.social · 13/03/2025

What is the exception to free speech for Palestine? How can we, as individuals, help support Palestine? I’ve created this post to spread awareness on this issue and share knowledge of how you can help. #UWTREAL

Free-speech, what is it? Freedom of speech refers to, speech that is encouraged to serve it’s high purpose and to invite dispute. Though it’s not absolute, freedom of speech is protected against censorship or punishment (Pal Legal, 2015). Why are Palestinians/Pro-Palestinian supporters being stripped of this right? In what ways?

Censorship: censorship is blocking out the words of Palestinian activists, removing their media accounts, and removing content discussing (or mentioning) Israeli politics. Protest hault: the pause of Pro-Palestine protests prevents civilians and activists from peacefully protesting for Palestinian freedom. Increased numbers of police, arrests, and continued violence is at hand. Academic suppression: students who engage in Pro-Palestine protesting or express their solidarity will face academic suppression such as job loss, disciplinary action, or even expulsion

Mahmoud Khalil: the Columbia grad student and Palestine activist who was abducted by ICE this week, 3/9/2025. Mahmoud Khalil was abducted by ICE this week from his university-owned apartment. Several ICE agents entered and took him into custody, even after he kept explaining that he was a legal resident and had a green card. Khalil was a lead organizer for the Pro-Palestine protests that were held on Columbia’s campus. This is not only an injustice but is an example of how the U.S. is attempting to silence any advocate for Palestine who may be protesting against Israel.

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Learn with us @uwt-real.bsky.social · 13/03/2025

Did you know that 80% of the world’s biodiversity is on indigenous lands? Indigenous stewardship serves as an example for how we can heal our broken relationship with the natural world. It serves as an act of resistance against environmental racism and capitalist exploitation.

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Learn with us @uwt-real.bsky.social · 13/03/2025

The prison abolition movement argues that incarceration harms society more than it helps society, and that our system for dealing with those that break the law needs to fundamentally change away from incarceration.

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Learn with us @uwt-real.bsky.social · 12/03/2025

Good Evening everyone, Today I wanted to present to you all a discussion on the concept of the prison nation. We had a really good discussion in class and I figured that it would be beneficial for more people to be aware about. (2/2)

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Learn with us @uwt-real.bsky.social · 12/03/2025

Image of a barbed wire fence surrounding a prison

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Learn with us @uwt-real.bsky.social · 11/03/2025

In our class, we learned about how Black women are treated in the criminal justice system based on author Richie’s 2012 novel “Arrested Justice: Black Women, Violence, and America’s Prison Nation. How are black women targeted in these prisons, and how can we change the cycle #ArrestedJustice

Arrested Justice. How are black women treated in the criminal justice system? (Richie, 2012). How are black women treated in the criminal justice system?

Image 1 depicts a prison hall with illuminated cells.

How are black women treated in the criminal justice system? Disciplinary actions are directed against Black women and criminalize their survival strategies. This leads to disproportionate incarceration. A prison nation mentality has been created, which ultimately leads to the criminalization of behaviors. Impacts marginalized communities.

We need to change the cycle. 1, community-based solutions. 2, economic empowerment. 3, therapy. 4, prison alternatives. 5, advocacy.

Image 2 is very faint but depicts a cell bunk bed.