Van Jones 13th Quotes

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Van jones 13th quotes. We knew we couldn t make it illegal to be either against the war or black. They have two children. It s the age for the bridge builder. Oppression racism war on drugs hippie marijuana drugs right now we now have more african americans under criminal supervision than all the slaves back in 1850s.

He has been married to jana carter since 2005. Constitution which abolished slavery except as punishment for a crime the film pleads the case that our modern day incarceration is a new form of slavery. But by getting the public to associate the hippies with marijuana and blacks with heroin and then criminalizing both heavily we could disrupt their communities former nixon domestic policy chief john ehrlichman. It s in that convergence of spiritual people becoming active and active people becoming spiritual that the hope of humanity now rests if we keep pulling death from the ground we will reap death from the skies and now it s the age for the translator.

Van jones was born on september 20 1968 in jackson tennessee usa. Named after the 13th amendment of the u s. Let van jones explain how mass incarceration led directly to trump s win we spoke with the cnn host about the ava duvernay directed documentary 13th and why prison reform could solve. Oppression racism war on drugs hippie marijuana drugs so many aspects of the old jim crow are suddenly legal again once you ve been branded a felon.

Unknown official of the nixon administration 13th tagged. On december 6 1865 the thirteenth amendment officially became part of the united states constitution. The amendment abolished slavery in the south with one major caveat that outlawed the. He is the co founder of several non profit organizations a three time new york times bestselling author a cnn host and contributor and an emmy award winner.

He also made special appearances on house of cards and ava duvernay s documentary the 13th van jones burst into the american consciousness during the 2016 presidential campaign with an unscripted truth telling style and an already established history of bridge building across party lines. He is an actor and producer known for the messy truth with van jones 2016 13th 2016 and cnn newsroom 1989. You can watch 13th on netflix in full but if you want to skim through the movie i broke down time stamps for some of the most poignant parts. And so it seems that in america we haven t so much ended racial caste but simply redesigned it.

Here are some of the best quotes from the film.