Wednesday, December 19, 2007

International Community Asked To Scrutinize Racism in U.S. Census Practices- From Hungry Blues

The U.S. Census in essence collaborates with the Prison Industrial Complex to revive the Three-fifths clause by which Blacks(this time Blacks who are in prison--for whom the constitution says slavery is still a legal punishment) are added to the census count of majority white populations--the towns in which these prisons are conveniently located, instead of counting these people of color in the communities where they came from. This advantages white communities in their voting power and the resources they recieve. This does make me think quite a bit...They don't put prisons in ghetto areas...because they know....black and brown peoples (and other people too) would be jumping out of windows left and right...and there would be nowhere to find them.

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