Jails and prisons are designed to break human beings, to convert the population into specimens in a zoo - obedient to our keepers, but dangerous to each other.
Racism is a way to gain economic advantage at the expense of others. Slavery and plantations may be gone, but racism still allows us to regard those who may keep us from financial gain as less than equals.
Pearl Bailey, Actress (1918) |
Amelia Edith Huddleston Barr, Novelist (1831) |
Earl Campbell, Athlete (1955) |
Jennifer Capriati, Athlete (1976) |
Billy Carter, Celebrity (1937) |
James E. Casey, Businessman (1888) |
Perry Farrell, Musician (1959) |
Martin Fleischmann, Scientist (1927) |
Robert Gibbs, Public Servant (1971) |
Brendan Gleeson, Actor (1955) |
Joyce Cary, Novelist (1957) |
Helene Deutsch, Psychologist (1982) |
Helge Ingstad, Explorer (2001) |
Otto Hermann Kahn, Businessman (1934) |
John Keble, Clergyman (1866) |