#DereckaPurnell #Guardian article asks a good question but does not answer it.

What rewards racism and keeps it going? Many things. Political gain by appealing to popularism. Economic gain by paying lower wages to less valued demographics. Social gain by forming toxic bonds with like-minded others. Psychological gain by using racism as a perverted form of self-care. Etc.

Coordinated action on all levels is necessary to deal with systemic racism.

#ACAB
#CitationsNeeded: Live Interview: Police '#Defunding' That Never Was and #Abolitionism as a Long-Term Social Project

In this Live Interview from 1/11, we talk with #DereckaPurnell, author of '
#BecomingAbolitionists: Police, Protests, and the Pursuit of Freedom' about her new book, her personal journey of embracing an abolitionist model and how, in the midst of a full blown reactionary moment over a rise in murders, activists can address legitimate fears of crime and provide an alternative vision to the cruel, failed "lock em up" approach.

https://citationsneeded.libsyn.com/live-interview-police-defunding-that-never-was-and-abolitionism-as-a-long-term-social-project