The American prison system has long been described as the “new plantation,” a continuation of the economic and racial hierarchies that defined slavery. This framework exposes how mass incarceration functions as a mechanism of social control, disproportionately targeting African Americans, particularly men, and maintaining a racialized labor economy. Yet within this system, a complex and painful dynamic emerges: Black women serving as prison guards — both participants in and v

💞 Being the Oppression of Your Own Culture By Mrs. Eleanor M. Fondren LMSW,LADAC Introduction Oppression is often understood as an external force — an act of domination carried out by one group over another. Yet one of the most tragic realities of systemic injustice is when the oppressed internalize the very ideologies that subjugate them. To be “the oppression of your own culture” is to carry the residue of colonization, racism, classism, and assimilation within oneself, co

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