Texas Prisons Ban Books by Langston Hughes, But ‘Mein Kampf’ Stays
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It turns out the laws governing which books are available to Texas prison inmates are capriciously enforced, at best. Complex reports that Sojourner Truth, James Baldwin, Langston Hughes, and other black literary icons are all banned from their libraries, where instances of the N-word or “deviant criminal sexual behavior” remain starkly forbidden — and yet, books like Mein Kampf and ? go uncontested. These racially-charged inconsistencies were brought to their attention by a group called Texas Civil Rights Project, which also notes that Texas boasts one of the highest incarceration rates in the US. Once convicted, you’ll find yourself barred from reading The Color Purple, but memoirs written by former KKK leader David Duke are fair game.
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smh....idk man.....its sad but this one's sittin kinda low on the "? thats ? up around here" list
although I agree and am completely aware of the way certain laws are set up against blacks, I'd say most of them dudes didnt get down there by worrying about reading LH books -
Freedom of speech laws shouldn't only protect ? .
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smh....idk man.....its sad but this one's sittin kinda low on the "? thats ? up around here" list
although I agree and am completely aware of the way certain laws are set up against blacks, I'd say most of them dudes didnt get down there by worrying about reading LH books
I disagree. You never know. When all you got to do is read to pass time, books from great black authors might be what gets you to expand your mind and rethink some of your choices. It's happened before. -
It's Texas
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The Lonious Monk wrote: »smh....idk man.....its sad but this one's sittin kinda low on the "? thats ? up around here" list
although I agree and am completely aware of the way certain laws are set up against blacks, I'd say most of them dudes didnt get down there by worrying about reading LH books
I disagree. You never know. When all you got to do is read to pass time, books from great black authors might be what gets you to expand your mind and rethink some of your choices. It's happened before.
im saying they most likely werent reading at all before they got there -
"? Langston Hughes"
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StoneColdMikey wrote: »It's Texas
I'm pretty sure the murder rate in your city is doing more harm -
"Mein Kampf is a respectable piece of literature"
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The Lonious Monk wrote: »smh....idk man.....its sad but this one's sittin kinda low on the "? thats ? up around here" list
although I agree and am completely aware of the way certain laws are set up against blacks, I'd say most of them dudes didnt get down there by worrying about reading LH books
I disagree. You never know. When all you got to do is read to pass time, books from great black authors might be what gets you to expand your mind and rethink some of your choices. It's happened before.
im saying they most likely werent reading at all before they got there
No, but people start doing a lot of ? inside prison that they weren't doing before they got there. -
Freedom of speech laws shouldn't only protect ? .
That's ALL they protect. "? ! Die ? ! All ? go to Hell! Freedom of speech! It's my first amendment right!"
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It's ? up but y'all wanna know how to fix this situation?
Don't go to prison. Those books should be read before you make those ? up decisions. Maybe even help rethink the black man plight. -
Your family can order you books on amazon
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The Lonious Monk wrote: »The Lonious Monk wrote: »smh....idk man.....its sad but this one's sittin kinda low on the "? thats ? up around here" list
although I agree and am completely aware of the way certain laws are set up against blacks, I'd say most of them dudes didnt get down there by worrying about reading LH books
I disagree. You never know. When all you got to do is read to pass time, books from great black authors might be what gets you to expand your mind and rethink some of your choices. It's happened before.
im saying they most likely werent reading at all before they got there
No, but people start doing a lot of ? inside prison that they weren't doing before they got there.
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