Crime and Punishment

Today we exmanined the chapter on Crime and Punishment in Juan William's book 'Enough'. We looked at how many Black leaders in the States (and I imagine Canada) will be quick to call out the injustices of American Systemic Racism while ignoring the damaging and much mailigned crime happening inside of the Black community. I am guessing that what he's actually saying is that until we clean up our own backyard it's difficult to call out another group about what they're doing to us. He's not dismissing the aspects of systemic racism rather encouraging those players inside of the Black community to be more active in dealing with crime within our community. When those outside of the community deal with Black people at times the sentences are much harsher and inequitable (crack sentences are much harsher than cocaine a rich man's drug). We are waiting and allowing those outside of our community to deal with our people after which, we complain about their judgements.