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reflective
medium-paced
This is a necessary book if you want to learn more about why abolishing police and the criminal justice system is necessary. It can give you hope for how to hold community and it looks at violence and justice differently.
I wish the book had more on how to accomplish abolition. It really discuses why the policing doesn’t work and briefly goes into trying to look beyond our punishment narrative to a more true justice and accountability. And part of it is not Mariame’s fault because justice and accountability is all about community and working through the individualistic harm and what that person can do to change but I’m referring more to the dismantling of the systems themselves.
In order to have abolition we would need to overthrow capitalism, work to dismantle patriarchy and systemic racism all things I want but I’m not sure where to start. I think Mariame would say together and through community but sometimes it seems so big!
Anyways I definitely recommend but if you want big issues it might be a struggle but if you want to have some great reflections on re-examining how you see justice and punishment this book will do that.
I wish the book had more on how to accomplish abolition. It really discuses why the policing doesn’t work and briefly goes into trying to look beyond our punishment narrative to a more true justice and accountability. And part of it is not Mariame’s fault because justice and accountability is all about community and working through the individualistic harm and what that person can do to change but I’m referring more to the dismantling of the systems themselves.
In order to have abolition we would need to overthrow capitalism, work to dismantle patriarchy and systemic racism all things I want but I’m not sure where to start. I think Mariame would say together and through community but sometimes it seems so big!
Anyways I definitely recommend but if you want big issues it might be a struggle but if you want to have some great reflections on re-examining how you see justice and punishment this book will do that.