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it's national hate crime awareness week #NationalHCAW
hate crime legislation doesn't keep us safe. instead, it increases police budgets, individualizes systemic oppression, and focuses on punishment rather than justice or harm reduction
hate crime legislation doesn't keep us safe. instead, it increases police budgets, individualizes systemic oppression, and focuses on punishment rather than justice or harm reduction
hate crime laws do not stop hate crimes
but they do expand the already-bloated prison system, and give people with socio-institutional power a way to accuse marginalized people of e.g. anti-white "hate crimes"
but they do expand the already-bloated prison system, and give people with socio-institutional power a way to accuse marginalized people of e.g. anti-white "hate crimes"
hate crime legislation obscures the historical (and ongoing) violences perpetuated by cops, prisons, detention centres, landlords, doctors, and bosses within state-sanctioned systems of oppression
all while falsely positioning the state as our "protector"
all while falsely positioning the state as our "protector"
the people targeted by hate crimes are the same people who are targeted by police
we can't give more money and expanded powers to the system which disproportionately cages and kills queers, people of color & other racialized groups, disabled people, and poor people
we can't give more money and expanded powers to the system which disproportionately cages and kills queers, people of color & other racialized groups, disabled people, and poor people
some resources (in english) on prison abolition and hate crime legislation
(cn for all: queerphobic violence and murder, and police violence)
"a compilation of critiques on hate crime legislation" by @BLACKandPINKorg, 2009
http://www.againstequality.org/wp-content/uploads/2009/10/critiques-on-hate-crimes.pdf
(cn for all: queerphobic violence and murder, and police violence)
"a compilation of critiques on hate crime legislation" by @BLACKandPINKorg, 2009
http://www.againstequality.org/wp-content/uploads/2009/10/critiques-on-hate-crimes.pdf
"queering prison abolition, now?" by @Eric_A_Stanley, @deanspade, & queer (in)justice [i.e. @dreanyc123, joey mogul, & @KayJWhitlock], 2013
http://againstequality.org/files/queering_prison_abolition_now.pdf
http://againstequality.org/files/queering_prison_abolition_now.pdf
"trans prisoners fight abuse" by @tmeronek, 2012 https://inthesetimes.com/article/trans-prisoners-fight-abuse
"collective memory of police surveillance?" by jeff kosbie, 2012 https://socialinqueery.com/2012/09/12/collective-memory-of-police-surveillance/
"dharun ravi: punished for being an immigrant" by @prernaplal, 2011 http://prernalal.com/2012/03/dharun-ravi-punished-for-being-an-immigrant/
"the self-determination we deserve" by jesse grass & nat gray, 2011
http://www.dominionpaper.ca/articles/3801
http://www.dominionpaper.ca/articles/3801
"counterpoint: loving hate: why hate crimes legislation is a bad idea", 2009
http://bilerico.lgbtqnation.com/2009/02/loving_hate_why_hate_crimes_legislation.php
and follow-up
"why hate crimes legislation is still not a solution", 2011
http://bilerico.lgbtqnation.com/2011/04/why_hate_crimes_legislation_is_still_not_a_solutio.php
both by @NairYasmin
http://bilerico.lgbtqnation.com/2009/02/loving_hate_why_hate_crimes_legislation.php
and follow-up
"why hate crimes legislation is still not a solution", 2011
http://bilerico.lgbtqnation.com/2011/04/why_hate_crimes_legislation_is_still_not_a_solutio.php
both by @NairYasmin
and the absolute classic:
"are prisons obsolete?" by angela davis, 2003
https://theanarchistlibrary.org/library/angela-y-davis-are-prisons-obsolete.pdf
"are prisons obsolete?" by angela davis, 2003
https://theanarchistlibrary.org/library/angela-y-davis-are-prisons-obsolete.pdf
all these resources are focused on turtle island (so-called north america); we struggle to find abolitionist writing with a focus on the UK and its particular context. if you know some, please share them!
