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

Scott Mace scottmace at wiredmuse.com
Tue Apr 2 02:07:06 UTC 2019


+1

My late wife, River Abeje, was an attorney working to help felons who 
had finished serving their sentences and turned their lives around to 
then clear their names and find employment:

https://ebclc.org/need-services/clean-slate-services/

Scott Mace

At 07:32 AM 4/1/2019, Christine Hall wrote:
>+1
>
>Christine Hall
>Publisher & Editor
>FOSS Force: Keeping tech free
>http://fossforce.com
>
>On 4/1/19 9:38 AM, Dana Blankenhorn 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




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