[Ipg-smz] Facebook to hire ex-felons?

[Ron Miller]

Same. I know people who made dumb mistakes, paid their price to society,
have turned into useful and capable citizens, yet are haunted by that
conviction.

On Mon, Apr 1, 2019 at 2:34 PM Cameron Laird <claird271 at gmail.com> wrote:

> Dana writes for me.
>
> That is, while none of my great-nephews enlisted in the USArmy, I
> recognize all the description.  I wish I knew how to make my homeland a
> better country.
>
> On Mon, Apr 1, 2019 at 7:40 AM Dana Blankenhorn <danablankenhorn at gmail.com>
> wrote:
>
>> We have made a felony conviction a life sentence.
>>
>> I don't know why we don't see that as a problem.
>>
>> I have a great-nephew. He joined the army. He got a duplicitous
>> girlfriend. She left her hyperactive toddler with him. He dropped the kid.
>> The kid died.
>>
>> My great-nephew was sentenced, at age 19, to 15 years hard time.
>>
>> He'll neve have a life. He might as well be dead.
>>
>> And this happens, routinely, to thousands of people, every day.
>>
>> An incredibly high percentage of these people are African American.
>>
>> Most of my neighborfs are African American.
>>
>> Lifetime felonies are something that strike me personally. They make me
>> angry. They're also an economic waste. We're treating people in this
>> country the way we treat the Earth. We're trashing them.
>> Dana Blankenhorn
>> http://www.danablankenhorn.com
>> http://investorplace.com/author/danablankenhorn/
>> http://seekingalpha.com/author/dana-blankenhorn/articles
>>
>>
>>
>> On Mon, Apr 1, 2019 at 9:32 AM Stephen Satchell <ipg at satchell.net> wrote:
>>
>>> On 3/31/19 8:43 PM, Gabe Goldberg wrote:
>>> > True. Also male. I'm well aware those attributes influence -- or
>>> > determine! -- my perspective and interactions. And I live in a
>>> > relatively upscale and safe area of a safe and economically sound
>>> > county. And I was privileged being born into solidly middle-class life
>>> > in NYC. I've no illusion that any of this is universal and deplore
>>> > various inequalities in this country. And I'm sure that less fortunate
>>> > people can see a different side of law enforcement. My point was simply
>>> > that generalizations may fail and I don't think the people I've dealt
>>> > with look for ways to trick/trap/incriminate people. In fact, Fairfax
>>> > has multiple diversion programs where police are mandated to first
>>> > consider ways to avoid criminalizing certain actions.
>>>
>>> Then there are other views:
>>>
>>> https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=d-7o9xYp7eE
>>>
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