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Sto caricando le informazioni... Bird Uncaged: An Abolitionist's Freedom Songdi Marlon Peterson
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From a leading prison abolitionist, a moving memoir about coming of age in Brooklyn and surviving incarceration--and a call to break free from all the cages that confine us. Marlon Peterson grew up in 1980s Crown Heights, raised by Trinidadian immigrants. Amid the routine violence that shaped his neighborhood, Marlon became a high-achieving and devout child, the specter of the American dream opening up before him. But in the aftermath of immense trauma, he participated in a robbery that resulted in two murders. At nineteen, Peterson was charged and later convicted. He served ten long years in prison. While incarcerated, Peterson immersed himself in anti-violence activism, education, and prison abolition work. In Bird Uncaged, Peterson challenges the typical "redemption" narrative and our assumptions about justice. With vulnerability and insight, he uncovers the many cages--from the daily violence and trauma of poverty, to policing, to enforced masculinity, and the brutality of incarceration--created and maintained by American society. Bird Uncaged is a twenty-first-century abolitionist memoir, and a powerful debut that demands a shift from punishment to healing, an end to prisons, and a new vision of justice. Non sono state trovate descrizioni di biblioteche |
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This book is packed with poignant, articulate quotes and points. Peterson also includes several poems he wrote and they are beautiful expressions of sorrow, hope, and self-reflection. And Peterson’s willingness to engage in deep, soul-searching self-reflection is something that most of us would do well to try; he acknowledges his past mistakes and current struggles frankly, without excuse, and with a determination to do better. As he states in his book, that allows us to say I’m better today than I was yesterday.
Peterson is unapologetically an abolitionist when it comes to prisons. And Peterson himself states that he is decidedly not proud of America because of all the ways that our country fails to live up to its ideals and meet the needs of various people and groups. Some may be taken aback by that. But when you read closely, it becomes apparent that Peterson’s criticisms in these regards stem from a belief that as a nation and people, we can be so much better than we are currently.
At the end of the day, this book is a wonderful reflection that inspires hope and improvement. It gives the reader a greater appreciation for freedom and inspires us all to tear down the various cages that hold us prisoner. Even if you may disagree with some of Peterson’s points, this book is well worth the read. ( )